Journal article
The association between exposure to point-of-sale anti-smoking warnings and smokers' interest in quitting and quit attempts: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey
L Li, R Borland, HH Yong, SC Hitchman, MA Wakefield, KA Kasza, GT Fong
Addiction | WILEY | Published : 2012
Abstract
Aims This study aimed to examine the associations between reported exposure to anti-smoking warnings at the point-of-sale (POS) and smokers' interest in quitting and their subsequent quit attempts by comparing reactions in Australia where warnings are prominent to smokers in other countries. Design A prospective multi-country cohort design was employed. Setting Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Participants A total of 21613 adult smokers who completed at least one of the seven waves (2002-08) of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey were included in the analysis. Measurements Reported exposure to POS anti-smoking warnings and smokers' interest in qu..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank other members of the ITC Four Country Survey team for their support. We would also like to thank Jessica Longbottom of Cancer Council Victoria and Karima Ladhani of University of Waterloo for helping obtain some point-of-sale policies and relevant materials. We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers and editors who provided useful suggestions on an earlier draft of this paper. The research reported in this paper was funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the United States (P50 CA111326, P01 CA138389 and R01 CA100362), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (045734), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (57897 and 79551), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (265903 and 450110), Cancer Research UK (C312/A3726), Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (014578) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, with additional support from the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Canadian Cancer Society and a Prevention Scientist Award from the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute. Sara C. Hitchman receives additional funding from a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award. The funding sources had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; nor in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.