Tropes

ScienceDaily_2014 13373.txt

#Policies banning tobacco displays may deter adult smoking; graphic health warning sign at point of sale might notpolices that ban tobacco product displays at point of sale may reduce adults smoking by deterring purchases though a single graphic health warning sign at the POS may not according to a study by researchers at RTI International and Tarheel Technologies. The study published in the March issue of American Journal of Public health looked at the behaviors of more than 1200 current adult smokers and recent quitters in a virtual convenience store in which tobacco products were hidden openly visible behind a cabinet or hidden with a graphic health warning sign on display. â#oetobacco ads and displays may act as cues to smoke stimulate purchases among customers who did not intend to buy cigarettes and influence relapse among recent quitters by stimulating cravings for cigarettesâ#said Annice Kim Ph d. a senior social scientist at RTI and the studyâ##s lead author. â#oestudies have shown that graphic antismoking media campaign advertisements can help encourage smokers to quit though we found placing a single graphic health warning at the POS did not have the same effect. â#The results showed that adult smokers and recent quitters reported significantly lower urges to smoke when tobacco displays were hidden than when they were on display. The addition of a single graphic health warning sign at the point of sale did not affect smokersâ ##or recent quittersâ##urge to smoke or affect their tobacco purchases. â#oeour results suggest that policy makers should prioritize banning tobacco displays at point of saleâ#Kim said. â#oeireland Canada and Australia have banned successfully point of sale tobacco displays but no local or state government in the United states has done so yet. â#Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by RTI International. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. Journal Reference

< Back - Next >