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Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy

Introduction. This paper presents the final results of a cross-sectional study started in 2010. It compares the perceived efficacy of different types of tobacco health warning (texts versus shocking pictures) to quit or reduce tobacco use. Methods. The study conducted between 2010 and 2012 in Italy...

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Autores principales: Mannocci, Alice, Colamesta, Vittoria, Conti, Vittoria, Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia, Paone, Gregorino, Cafolla, Maria, Saulle, Rosella, Bulzomì, Vincenzo, Antici, Daniele, Cuccurullo, Pasquale, Boccia, Antonio, La Torre, Giuseppe, Terzano, Claudio
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24900980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/723035
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author Mannocci, Alice
Colamesta, Vittoria
Conti, Vittoria
Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia
Paone, Gregorino
Cafolla, Maria
Saulle, Rosella
Bulzomì, Vincenzo
Antici, Daniele
Cuccurullo, Pasquale
Boccia, Antonio
La Torre, Giuseppe
Terzano, Claudio
author_facet Mannocci, Alice
Colamesta, Vittoria
Conti, Vittoria
Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia
Paone, Gregorino
Cafolla, Maria
Saulle, Rosella
Bulzomì, Vincenzo
Antici, Daniele
Cuccurullo, Pasquale
Boccia, Antonio
La Torre, Giuseppe
Terzano, Claudio
author_sort Mannocci, Alice
collection PubMed
description Introduction. This paper presents the final results of a cross-sectional study started in 2010. It compares the perceived efficacy of different types of tobacco health warning (texts versus shocking pictures) to quit or reduce tobacco use. Methods. The study conducted between 2010 and 2012 in Italy enrolled adults smokers. Administering a questionnaire demographic data, smokers behaviors were collected. Showing text and graphic warnings (the corpse of a smoker, diseased lungs, etc.) the most perceived efficacy to reduce tobacco consumption or to encourage was quit. Results. 666 subjects were interviewed; 6% of responders referred that they stopped smoking at least one month due to the textual warnings. The 81% of the smokers perceived that the warnings with shocking pictures are more effective in reducing/quitting tobacco consumption than text-only warnings. The younger group (<45 years), who are more motivated to quit (Mondor's score ≥ 12), and females showed a higher effectiveness of shocking warnings to reduce tobacco consumption of, 76%, 78%, and 43%, respectively with P < 0.05. Conclusions. This study suggests that pictorial warnings on cigarette packages are more likely to be noticed and rated as effective by Italian smokers. Female and younger smokers appear to be more involved by shock images. The jarring warnings also appear to be supporting those who want to quit smoking. This type of supportive information in Italy may become increasingly important for helping smokers to change their behavior.
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spelling pubmed-40371152014-06-04 Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy Mannocci, Alice Colamesta, Vittoria Conti, Vittoria Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia Paone, Gregorino Cafolla, Maria Saulle, Rosella Bulzomì, Vincenzo Antici, Daniele Cuccurullo, Pasquale Boccia, Antonio La Torre, Giuseppe Terzano, Claudio Biomed Res Int Research Article Introduction. This paper presents the final results of a cross-sectional study started in 2010. It compares the perceived efficacy of different types of tobacco health warning (texts versus shocking pictures) to quit or reduce tobacco use. Methods. The study conducted between 2010 and 2012 in Italy enrolled adults smokers. Administering a questionnaire demographic data, smokers behaviors were collected. Showing text and graphic warnings (the corpse of a smoker, diseased lungs, etc.) the most perceived efficacy to reduce tobacco consumption or to encourage was quit. Results. 666 subjects were interviewed; 6% of responders referred that they stopped smoking at least one month due to the textual warnings. The 81% of the smokers perceived that the warnings with shocking pictures are more effective in reducing/quitting tobacco consumption than text-only warnings. The younger group (<45 years), who are more motivated to quit (Mondor's score ≥ 12), and females showed a higher effectiveness of shocking warnings to reduce tobacco consumption of, 76%, 78%, and 43%, respectively with P < 0.05. Conclusions. This study suggests that pictorial warnings on cigarette packages are more likely to be noticed and rated as effective by Italian smokers. Female and younger smokers appear to be more involved by shock images. The jarring warnings also appear to be supporting those who want to quit smoking. This type of supportive information in Italy may become increasingly important for helping smokers to change their behavior. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4037115/ /pubmed/24900980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/723035 Text en Copyright © 2014 Alice Mannocci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mannocci, Alice
Colamesta, Vittoria
Conti, Vittoria
Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia
Paone, Gregorino
Cafolla, Maria
Saulle, Rosella
Bulzomì, Vincenzo
Antici, Daniele
Cuccurullo, Pasquale
Boccia, Antonio
La Torre, Giuseppe
Terzano, Claudio
Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title_full Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title_fullStr Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title_full_unstemmed Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title_short Demographic Characteristics, Nicotine Dependence, and Motivation to Quit as Possible Determinants of Smoking Behaviors and Acceptability of Shocking Warnings in Italy
title_sort demographic characteristics, nicotine dependence, and motivation to quit as possible determinants of smoking behaviors and acceptability of shocking warnings in italy
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24900980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/723035
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