Open AccessPictorial Cigarette Warning Labels: Effects of Severity and Likelihood of Risk Messages
Author(s) -
Gera E. Nagelhout,
Eva Janssen,
Robert A. C. Ruiter,
Hein de Vries
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntv248
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , risk perception , psychology , medicine , information seeking , perception , clinical psychology , computer science , pathology , neuroscience , library science
Pictorial cigarette warning labels often contain text-messages about severity of health risks and less often about the likelihood of health risks. We aimed to examine the influence of severity of risk versus likelihood of risk text-messages on information-seeking behavior.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom