%0 Journal Article %1 agaku2015effectiveness %A Agaku, Israel T. %A Filippidis, Filippos T. %A Vardavas, Constantine I. %D 2015 %J European Addiction Research %K 2015 EB_input2015 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCIEindexed SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked english indexproved input2015 review_proved reviewed %N 1 %P 47-52 %R 10.1159/000366019 %T Effectiveness of Text versus Pictorial Health Warning Labels and Predictors of Support for Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products within the European Union %V 21 %X 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.

@article{agaku2015effectiveness, abstract = {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.}, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Agaku, Israel T. and Filippidis, Filippos T. and Vardavas, Constantine I.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d37e6920cb4d45011fe678c263a82e67/gesis_dump}, doi = {10.1159/000366019}, interhash = {ad01414fa558f82fc9cd3a4b2bdd97bd}, intrahash = {d37e6920cb4d45011fe678c263a82e67}, journal = {European Addiction Research}, keywords = {2015 EB_input2015 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCIEindexed SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked english indexproved input2015 review_proved reviewed}, note = {First published online: November 11, 2014. (Eurobarometer)}, number = 1, pages = {47-52}, study = {Special Eurobarometer 385}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10477}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10470}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:00:56.000+0200}, title = {Effectiveness of Text versus Pictorial Health Warning Labels and Predictors of Support for Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products within the European Union}, volume = 21, year = 2015 }