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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Anti-smoking"”.
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State anti-smoking legislation and the demand for cigarettes
This paper evaluates the effects of anti-smoking legislation on cigarette sales across the fifty states for the years 1975 through 1990. The relevance of this issue can be entertained from several perspectives as it pertains to both smokers and non-smokers contrasting the right to smoke with the …
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Smokers' Responses to Fearful and Disgust-Eliciting Anti-Smoking Media
… Vogeltanz-Holm and colleagues hypotheses that anti-smoking ads are effective by means of eliciting negative emotional states, particularly disgust. In this study, we compared two sets of ads: those high in fear and disgust and those high in only fear. We hypothesized that subjective and …
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Smoking behaviour, risk perception and attitude to anti-smoking legislation among students at the University of the Western Cape
The study investigated three aspects related to smoking, namely, smoking behaviour, risk perception and attitudes to anti-smoking legislation. The theoretical framework of the study was the Information-Motivation-Behavioural (IMB) skills model. The study was a quantitative one, making use of a …
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Philip Morris Faces "the truth": A Rhetorical Analysis of the Persuasiveness of Two Teen-Targeted Anti-Smoking Advertising Campaigns
<p>This thesis examines the persuasiveness of anti-smoking television advertisements aimed at teens and produced by Philip Morris's Youth Smoking Prevention Program and the American Legacy Foundation's truth campaign. The advertisements are analyzed rhetorically using Kenneth Burke's dramatistic …
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CORPOREAL ANXIETY: THE VISUAL ARGUMENTATION OF RECENT ANTI-TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENTS
… explaining how past cigarette advertising and anti-smoking campaigns have exerted influence on the messaging strategies of Tips from Former Smokers and The Real Cost. This thesis also offers an explanation for the successes and failures of these campaigns, emphasizing the role of visual …
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Variation On A Theme: Comparing Strategies For Choosing Health Communication Campaign Message Topics
… understanding of these issues in the context of anti-tobacco cigarette smoking behavior among U.S. young adults aged 18 to 25 years who have smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetimes. Study 1 is a secondary analysis of existing survey data, demonstrating that themes can be promising yet …
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A cross-cultural study on the persuasive effectiveness of fear appeals messages in advertising : an empirical investigation on Canadian and Chinese subjects
… variable. An experiment was conducted using 12 anti-smoking ads with three levels of fear appeals (high, moderate, and low) and two types of fear appeals (physical and social) on 173 Canadian and 180 Chinese subjects. The findings indicated that the Canadian subjects experienced attitude change …
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Advancing Global Tobacco Control: Exploring Worldwide Youth Attitudes and Behaviors toward Tobacco Use and Control
… needs immediate attention. Many smokers begin smoking as adolescents and are most likely to become permanent smokers. Moreover, youth are highly targeted by tobacco industry strategies. However, a gap exists in literature to understand worldwide youth tobacco use and control. The purpose of …
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The Role Of Individual Differences In Young Adults' Responses To Graphic Health Harms Anti-Tobacco Media
… cause of overall mortality. The highest smoking rate, about 30%, in the U.S. is among young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 years. Anti-tobacco media campaigns appear to be effective in preventing and reducing tobacco use, although little is known about how individual differences …
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Exploring young people's concepts of smoking addiction: Perceived opportunities to try smoking without becoming addicted
… how young people conceptualise addiction to smoking and, also the relationship between young people's addiction beliefs and intentions to smoke cigarettes. Addiction to smoking is a major health problem, not just for adults, but also for young smokers, up to 60% of whom are dependent on …
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Public perception: comparing tobacco industry public relations campaigns of today and yesteryear
… said the tobacco industry should not run its own anti-smoking television advertisements</li> <li>Almost half said smoking should still be allowed to be shown on television and in movies</li> <li>About two-thirds responded that they felt "neutrally" toward the tobacco industry's practice of public …
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Pharmacokinetics of Bupropion and its Pharmacologically Active Metabolites in Pregnancy
Bupropion, an antidepressant and anti-smoking medication, is used for treatment of depression during pregnancy, however its efficacy as a smoking cessation aid in pregnancy has not been confirmed. The drug is extensively biotransformed by liver with the formation of pharmacologically active …
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Cultural and Psychological Predictors of Adolescent Smoking Behaviors
<p>Studies show that smoking rates differ across ethnic groups, but it remains unclear why this is the case or what unique factors predict smoking behaviors in each group. No studies have examined the role culture plays in smoking behaviors in the context of other commonly cited predictors of …
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Estimating income-related health inequalities associated with tobacco and alcohol in Namibia
… has been important for the formulation of anti-smoking and alcohol policies. However, focus has been on self-assessed health, a subjective health outcome and much is not known regarding the joint contribution of tobacco and alcohol to income-related health inequalities. This study …
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Perspectives on smoking of Liverpool primary schoolchildren in their early years.
There is a dearth of smoking research involving young children despite the knowledge that the developmental proocess begins in early childhood. This paucity hinders the development of effective smoking prevention strategies, which need to be based on an accurate understanding of the perspectives of …
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The graphic side of fear: The effects of anti-tobacco graphic threat appeals
… ads or warnings to deter individuals from smoking. The current study evaluated how high-cigarette dependent smokers evaluate these messages compared to low-cigarette dependent smokers using a mixed, 3 x 2 factorial design. A pilot study involving focus groups, interviews, and evaluation …