Text and Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packages
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Study
Although tobacco use has decreased, it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Implementing a combination of policy changes including clean indoor air laws, higher per-pack taxes, and cessation efforts are proven to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Do Risk-Minimizing Beliefs about Smoking Inhibit Quitting?
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Holding risk-minimizing beliefs about the harms of smoking was associated with intention to quit, and was also predictive of attempts to quit smoking. However, self-exempting beliefs (e.g., I must have healthy genes that means I can smoke without getting any harms), were not predictive of attempts to quit.
COMMIT Study: Tobacco Taxes and Workplace Smoking Bans Do Reduce Smoking
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 1997, Health Research, Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., analyzed the information collected in the National Cancer Institute's Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) study.
For Surveyed Teens, Plain Cigarette Packaging = Boring and Makes Smoking Less Attractive
April 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The University of Illinois at Chicago studied the effect on smoking by youth if all cigarette packages were a standard color with black printing giving only the brand name, contents, and a health warning.
Cigarette Packet Warning Labels Can Prevent Relapse
April 25, 2012 | Journal Article
This study shows health warning labels can help ex-smokers stay quit when controlling for greater exposure to cigarettes.
Impact of Graphic and Text Warnings on Cigarette Packs
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article finds Australia's new health warnings increased reactions that are prospectively predictive of cessation activity. Warning size increases warning effectiveness and graphic warnings may be superior to text-based warnings.
Reported Awareness of Tobacco Advertising and Promotion in China Compared to Thailand, Australia and the USA
March 23, 2009 | Journal Article
This study aims to examine levels of awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion among smokers in China as compared to other countries with different levels of restrictions.
Do National-Level Tobacco Policies Decrease Smoking? Researchers Study the USA, UK, Australia and Canada
October 6, 2009 | Program Result Report
Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H., conducted surveys that compared tobacco policies in four demographically similar countries to understand the impact of national-level policies on smoking behavior.
International Tobacco Control Conference Packs in a Crowd
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Association and RWJF planned, organized and conducted the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, which was held in August 2000.
Casual Teenage Smokers at Risk for Addiction
October 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Between 1998 and 2001, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, conducted a study of trends in nicotine dependence among adolescents.