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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Magnan, Renee E
• Hamilton, W Kyle
• Shorey-Fennell, Bethany
• Cameron, Linda D

Titel

Experimental Test of the Educational Impact of the Newly Proposed FDA Graphic Cigarette Warnings Among U.S. Adults

Ist Teil von

• Annals of behavioral medicine, 2021-04, Vol.55 (4), p.298-307

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Background In August 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a set of 13 new graphic warnings for cigarette packaging and advertisements. Purpose We evaluated these warnings relative to text-only equivalents for their ability to educate the public regarding harms of smoking and influence outcomes associated with quitting. Methods In an experimental within-subjects design, U.S. adult nonsmokers, smokers, and dual smoker/electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users (N = 412) recruited from an online internet platform evaluated the newly proposed graphic warnings and corresponding text-only warnings on understandability, perceived new knowledge, worry elicited about the content of the warning, discouragement from smoking, and encouragement to use e-cigarettes. Results Graphic warnings were generally rated as providing better understanding, more new knowledge, eliciting more worry about harms of smoking, and providing more discouragement from smoking relative to text-only warnings. Conclusions The newly proposed graphic warnings could influence important responses to warnings associated with motivation to reduce smoking. New FDA graphic cigarette warnings elicit key educational and motivational outcomes relative to text-only warnings among smokers, dual/e-cigarette users, and nonsmokers.