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Messages about tobacco and alcohol co-users (2025)
Auteur(s) :
RANNEY, L. M. ;
KOWITT, S. D. ;
JARMAN, K. L. ;
LANE, R. M. ;
GOLDSTEIN, A. O. ;
CORNACCHIONE ROSS, J. ;
KONG, A. Y. ;
COX, M. J.
Année
2025
Page(s) :
140-148
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
TABAC
;
POLYCONSOMMATION
;
PREVENTION
;
AVERTISSEMENT SANITAIRE
;
CANCER
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
NIVEAU DE CONNAISSANCES
;
PATHOLOGIE ORGANIQUE
Résumé :
OBJECTIVE: People who use both alcohol and combustible tobacco have an increased risk of developing cancer. Few interventions have been developed to inform people about the risks of co-use. This study developed and tested messages about the risks of alcohol and combustible tobacco co-use among adults.
METHOD: In June to July 2021, we surveyed 1,300 U.S. adults who had used both alcohol and combustible tobacco products within the past 30 days. After reporting their awareness of diseases caused by tobacco and alcohol co-use, participants were randomly assigned to four between-subjects experiments that manipulated specific cancer health effects versus the word cancer; cancer health effects versus noncancer health effects; different descriptions of co-use (e.g., using alcohol and tobacco..., drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco...); and co-use versus single-use messages. Participants saw one message for each experiment and rated each message using a validated perceived message effectiveness (PME) scale.
RESULTS: Awareness of health effects caused by alcohol and tobacco co-use ranged from moderately high for throat cancer (65.4%) to moderately low for colorectal cancer (23.1%). Messages about cancer health effects increased PME more than messages about noncancer health effects (B = 0.18, p = .01). Messages about some specific cancers, including oral cancer (B = -0.20, p = .04) and colorectal cancer (B = -0.22, p = .02), decreased PME more than messages with only the word cancer. No significant differences were identified for descriptions of co-use or co-use versus single-use messages.
CONCLUSIONS: Messages about some cancer health effects of co-using alcohol and tobacco may be effective when communicating the harms of both drinking alcohol and using tobacco. [Author's abstract]
METHOD: In June to July 2021, we surveyed 1,300 U.S. adults who had used both alcohol and combustible tobacco products within the past 30 days. After reporting their awareness of diseases caused by tobacco and alcohol co-use, participants were randomly assigned to four between-subjects experiments that manipulated specific cancer health effects versus the word cancer; cancer health effects versus noncancer health effects; different descriptions of co-use (e.g., using alcohol and tobacco..., drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco...); and co-use versus single-use messages. Participants saw one message for each experiment and rated each message using a validated perceived message effectiveness (PME) scale.
RESULTS: Awareness of health effects caused by alcohol and tobacco co-use ranged from moderately high for throat cancer (65.4%) to moderately low for colorectal cancer (23.1%). Messages about cancer health effects increased PME more than messages about noncancer health effects (B = 0.18, p = .01). Messages about some specific cancers, including oral cancer (B = -0.20, p = .04) and colorectal cancer (B = -0.22, p = .02), decreased PME more than messages with only the word cancer. No significant differences were identified for descriptions of co-use or co-use versus single-use messages.
CONCLUSIONS: Messages about some cancer health effects of co-using alcohol and tobacco may be effective when communicating the harms of both drinking alcohol and using tobacco. [Author's abstract]
Affiliation :
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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