Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Can cigarette warnings counterbalance effects of smoking scenes in movies?

Explores whether Canadian cigarette warning labels can decrease the impact of the smoking in movies. Findings show that without a warning label, youth had positive smoking-related stereotypes to smoking in the movies. However, this did not occur if youth first viewed a picture and text warning.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?orig_db=PubMed&db=PubMed&cmd=Search&defaultField=Title&term=Psychological+reports%5BJour%5D+AND+2007%5Bpdat%5D+AND++cigarette+warnings

Comment: Proof that warning labels especially, Canadian warning labels are an effective strategy to deter smokers and youth from smoking.