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dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Connie Villemo
dc.contributor.authorFriborg, Oddgeir
dc.contributor.authorTeigen, Karl Halvor
dc.contributor.authorSvartdal, Frode
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T07:53:30Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T07:53:30Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-27
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background</i>: To strengthen the risk message on snus warning labels, the European Union in 2016 removed “can” from the warning “This tobacco product (can) damages your health and is addictive.” We tested how these and other textual warnings affect risk perception.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: Snus-using and non-using Norwegians aged 16–72 participated in two online survey experiments. Participants in Study 1 (N = 196) were randomized to read one of four warning labels. Outcome variables included ratings of likelihood of health damage from snus and perceived severity of such damages. Study 2 (N = 423) used similar outcome measures but added a baseline measure allowing for a pre-post comparison, as well as a control group receiving no warning label. Data were analysed using ANOVA and non-parametric tests.</p> <p><i>Results</i>: Study 1 indicated that removing “can” from the EU warning increased long-term risk perception, but adding “causes cancer” had no effect on risk perception. In Study 2, risk perception increased from pre to post, regardless of label manipulation. “Causes cancer” and “damages your health” were indicated as most alarming when participants compared and ranked all warnings.</p> <p><i>Conclusions</i>: Adding “causes cancer” or removing “can” from “damages your health” did not strengthen short-time (1 year) risk perception, but the latter increased long-term (10 years) risk perception in Study 1. In the pre-post design in Study 2, risk perception increased regardless of warning label.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.identifier.citationNilsen, C.V., Friborg, O., Teigen, K.H. & Svartdal, F. (2018). Textual health warning labels on snus (Swedish moist snuff): do they affect risk perception?. BMC Public Health, 18(564). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5461-2en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1582421
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5461-2
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13356
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNilsen, C.V. (2020). Abridged risk information: Effects of warning labels on snus packages. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17651>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17651. </a>
dc.relation.journalBMC Public Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Kognitiv psykologi: 267en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260::Cognitive psychology: 267en_US
dc.subjectSmokeless tobaccoen_US
dc.subjectSwedish moist snuffen_US
dc.subjectSnusen_US
dc.subjectWarning labelsen_US
dc.subjectRisk perceptionen_US
dc.subjectTobacco controlen_US
dc.titleTextual health warning labels on snus (Swedish moist snuff): do they affect risk perception?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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