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The association between exposure to point-of-sale anti-smoking warnings and smokers' interest in quitting and quit attempts: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey.
- Source :
- Addiction; Feb2012, Vol. 107 Issue 2, p425-433, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to examine the associations between reported exposure to anti-smoking warnings at the point-of-sale (POS) and smokers' interest in quitting and their subsequent quit attempts by comparing reactions in Australia where warnings are prominent to smokers in other countries. Design A prospective multi-country cohort design was employed. Setting Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Participants A total of 21 613 adult smokers who completed at least one of the seven waves (2002-08) of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey were included in the analysis. Measurements Reported exposure to POS anti-smoking warnings and smokers' interest in quitting at the same wave and quit attempts over the following year. Findings Compared to smokers in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, Australian smokers reported higher levels of awareness of POS anti-smoking warnings, and this difference was consistent over the study period. Over waves in Australia (but not in the other three countries) there was a significantly positive association between reported exposure to POS anti-smoking warnings and interest in quitting [adjusted odds ratio = 1.139, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.039-1.249, P < 0.01] and prospective quit attempts (adjusted odds ratio = 1.216, 95% CI 1.114-1.327, P < 0.001) when controlling for demographics, smoking characteristics, overall salience of anti-smoking information and awareness of anti-smoking material from channels other than POS. Conclusions Point-of-sale health warnings about tobacco are more prominent in Australia than the United Kingdom, the United States or Canada and appear to act as a prompt to quitting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RATING of sales personnel
SMOKING prevention
HEALTH promotion
ANALYSIS of covariance
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LONGITUDINAL method
MULTIVARIATE analysis
HEALTH outcome assessment
POPULATION geography
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SMOKING cessation
STATISTICS
SURVEYS
DATA analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09652140
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Addiction
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70328849
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03668.x