Persistent effects of a message counter-marketing light cigarettes: results of a randomized controlled trial

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the changed beliefs of smokers of light cigarettes who heard a radio message which stated light cigarettes were just as unhealthy as regular cigarettes. The authors maintain that light cigarette smokers were concerned about their health and showed an interest in quitting when they heard the message.

Cigarettes

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Most smokeless tobacco use does not cause cigarette smoking: Results from the 2000 National Household Survey on drug abuse

Article Abstract:

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) conducted in the year 2000 revealed that majority of the smokeless tobacco (SLT) users were noncasual users. The prevalence of such use permits strong inferences about the overall importance of the potential causal effects of SLT on cigarette smoking.

Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing, Chewing and smoking tobacco, Chewing Tobacco, Chewing, Pipe & Snuff Tobacco, Usage, Reports, Surveys, Drug abuse, Smokeless tobacco, Household surveys

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Motivation to quit using cigarettes: A review

Article Abstract:

Many smokers who have quit and emphasize on health risks of smoking both in one-to-one contacts and in public health messages should maintain and increase the motivation of present smokers to try to stop the habit. A study emphasizes on the importance of health concerns for motivation of quitting attempts, different samples, designs and dependence measures are used.

Analysis, Motivation (Psychology)

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