Differences in smokers’ awareness of the health risks of smoking before and after introducing pictorial tobacco health warnings: findings from the 2012–2017 international tobacco control (ITC) Netherlands surveys

Differences in smokers’ awareness of the health risks of smoking before and after introducing pictorial tobacco health warnings: findings from the 2012–2017 international tobacco control (ITC) Netherlands surveys

Abstract Background As of May 2016, pictorial health warnings (PHWs) showing the harms of smoking were implemented in the European Union. After one year they had to be fully implemented. We studied changes in awareness of the health risks of smoking after implementation of PHWs among smokers from th...

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Main Authors: Dirk-Jan A. van Mourik, Gera E. Nagelhout, Marc C. Willemsen, Bas van den Putte, Hein de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Awareness
Longitudinal
Smokers
Pictorial health warnings
The Netherlands
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08667-9

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