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1. Economic and financial indicators.

Subjects
*ECONOMIC indicators, *ECONOMIC forecasting, *STATISTICS, *FOREIGN exchange rates, *CONSUMER behavior, *INTEREST rates, *INDUSTRIAL surveys, *MONEY, *INTERNATIONAL trade, *GROSS domestic product, *ECONOMICS
Abstract

The section presents news briefs and charted data showing economic and financial indicators for a list of 15 developed countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, the Euro area and individual European countries, plus closer looks at the Economist's poll of economic forecasters, and trade volumes. Consumer confidence in America suffered a surprise blow. American economic growth in the second quarter was revised up for the second time. The European Commission's euro-area economic-sentiment index rose in September to its highest level this year. Australia's industrial production grew by 1.3% in the year to the second quarter. Britain's GDP grew by twice as much as originally estimated in the second quarter.

Published
2003

2. Perceptions of tobacco health warnings in China compared with picture and text-only health warnings from other countries: an experimental study.

Author

Fong, Geoffrey T, Hammond, David, Jiang, Yuan, Li, Qiang, Quah, Anne C K, Driezen, Pete, and Yan, Mi

Subjects
*SMOKING prevention, *HEALTH promotion, *HEALTH education, *ANALYSIS of variance, *CHI-squared test, *COMPARATIVE studies, *STATISTICAL correlation, *EXPERIMENTAL design, *LABELS, *SENSORY perception, *PHOTOGRAPHY, *PRODUCT safety, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH funding, *SMOKING cessation, *STATISTICS, *DATA analysis, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

Objective To assess the perceived effectiveness of cigarette health warnings in China, compared with picture and text-only warnings from other countries. Method 1169 individuals (adult smokers, adult nonsmokers and youth) from four Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming and Yinchuan) viewed 10 health warnings on cigarette packages, which included (a) the current Chinese text warnings covering 30% of the front/back of the pack (introduced October 2008); (b) the former Chinese text warning located on the side of the pack; (c) four picture warnings covering 50% of the front/back of the pack from Canada (lung cancer), Singapore (mouth disease), Hong Kong (gangrene) and European Union (clogged arteries); and (d) the same four warnings without the picture. Participants rated and ranked the 10 warnings on dimensions including how effective each would be in motivating smokers to quit and in convincing youth not to start smoking. Results Both Chinese warnings were consistently rated as least effective, with the new Chinese warning rated only slightly higher than the old warning. The picture warnings were consistently ranked or rated as most effective, with the text-only versions in the middle. Results were consistent across subject group, city and sex. Conclusions (1) Picture warnings are rated as much more effective than the same warnings without pictures. (2) The revised health warnings in China, introduced in October 2008, are only marginally more effective than the previous warning and far less effective than even text warnings from other countries. These results, coupled with population-based evaluation studies, suggest that pictorial warnings would significantly increase the impact of health warnings in China. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2010

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