Trajectories of Responses to Pictorial Cigarette Pack Warnings

Citation

Parada, Humberto, Jr.; Hall, Marissa G.; Boynton, Marcella H.; & Brewer, Noel T. (2018). Trajectories of Responses to Pictorial Cigarette Pack Warnings. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20(7), 876-881. PMCID: PMC5991219

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pictorial warnings on cigarette packs are a cost-effective policy-level intervention for smoking cessation; however, little research has examined changes in the impact of warnings over time, especially shortly following the first exposure to pictorial warnings. We sought to characterize the trajectories of responses to pictorial cigarette pack warnings soon after first exposure.
METHODS: Participants were 2149 adult smokers in North Carolina and California, United States. In 2014-2015, we randomized smokers to have pictorial (intervention) or text-only (control) warnings on their cigarette packs for 4 weeks. Weekly surveys assessed psychosocial and behavioral outcomes.
RESULTS: After 1 week, smokers in the intervention arm reported higher levels of most outcomes, compared with the control arm. Over subsequent weeks, smokers in both trial arms had decreases in thinking about the harms of smoking (

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx182

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2018

Journal Title

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Author(s)

Parada, Humberto, Jr.
Hall, Marissa G.
Boynton, Marcella H.
Brewer, Noel T.

PMCID

PMC5991219

ORCiD

Hall - 0000-0002-8690-9498