Titre : | Effectiveness of text versus pictorial health warning labels and predictors of support for plain packaging of tobacco products within the European Union (2015) |
Auteurs : | I. T. AGAKU ; F. T. FILIPPIDIS ; C. I. VARDAVAS |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | European Addiction Research (Vol.21, n°1, January 2015) |
Article en page(s) : | 47-52 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PRE (Prévention - RdRD / Prevention - Harm reduction) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique UNION EUROPEENNEThésaurus mots-clés TABAC ; AVERTISSEMENT SANITAIRE ; EFFICACITE ; ADULTE ; IMAGE ; PREVENTION ; TEST |
Mots-clés: | packaging |
Résumé : |
BACKGROUND: Tobacco product warning labels are a key health communication medium with plain packaging noted as the next step in the evolution of tobacco packaging. We assessed the self-reported impact of text versus pictorial health warnings and the determinants of support for plain packaging of tobacco products in the European Union (EU).
METHODS: The Special Eurobarometer 385 survey was analyzed for 26,566 adults from 27 EU countries in 2012. The self-reported impact of warning labels (text or pictorial) and determinants of EU-wide support for plain packaging were assessed using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Current smokers in countries where cigarette pictorial warnings were implemented had higher odds of reporting that health warning labels had any effect on their smoking behavior (making a quit attempt or reducing number of cigarettes smoked per day) compared to respondents in countries with text-only warning labels (adjusted odds ratio, aOR = 1.31; 95% confidence interval, 95% CI: 1.10-1.56). Population support for plain packaging of tobacco packs was higher in countries where cigarette pictorial warnings already existed (aOR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.07-1.28). CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that the implementation of pictorial warnings at an EU level may have a positive behavioral impact among smokers and pave the way for population support for plain packaging in the EU. |
Domaine : | Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 22 |
Affiliation : | Center for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., USA |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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