Are quitting-related cognitions and behaviours predicted by proximal responses to plain packaging with larger health warnings? Findings from a national cohort study with Australian adult smokers Brennan, Emily, Durkin, Sarah, Coomber, Kerri, Zacher, Meghan, Scollo, Michelle and Wakefield, Melanie 2015, Are quitting-related cognitions and behaviours predicted by proximal responses to plain packaging with larger health warnings? Findings from a national cohort study with Australian adult smokers, Tobacco control, vol. 24, no. Supplement 2, pp. ii33-ii41, doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052057. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads coomber-arequitting-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 4.43MB 78 Title Are quitting-related cognitions and behaviours predicted by proximal responses to plain packaging with larger health warnings? Findings from a national cohort study with Australian adult smokers Author(s) Brennan, Emily Durkin, Sarah Coomber, Kerri Zacher, Meghan Scollo, Michelle Wakefield, Melanie Journal name Tobacco control Volume number 24 Issue number Supplement 2 Start page ii33 End page ii41 Total pages 9 Publisher BMJ Publishing Group Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2015-04-01 ISSN 0964-4563 Summary Background: Implementation of tobacco plain packaging (PP) with larger graphic health warnings (GHWs) in Australia had positive effects on responses reflecting the specific objectives of the PP policy and on follow-up quitting-related cognitions and behaviours. The aim of this study was to examine predictive relationships bewteen these proximal and distal outcomes. Methods: A nationally representative sample of Australian adult cigarette smokers completed a baseline survey and a 1-month follow-up survey within the first year of policy implementation (n(weighted)=3215). Logistic regression analyses tested whether baseline measures of cigarette appeal, GHW effectiveness, perceived harm and concern/enjoyment predicted each of seven follow-up measures of quitted-related cognitions and behaviours, adjusting for baseline levels of the outcome and covariates. Results: In multivariable models, we found consistent evidence that several baseline measures of GHW effectiveness positively and significantly predicted the likelihood that smokers at follow-up reported thinking about quitting at least daily, intending to quit, having a firm date to quit, stubbing out cigarettes prematurely, stopping oneself from smoking and having attempted to quit. Two of the quitting-related outcomes were also predicted by feeling more smoking-related concern than enjoyment. A smaller number of the appeal variables were prospectively associated with quitting-related outcomes, while believing that brands do not differ in harmlessness did not positively predict any outcomes. Conclusions: These findings provide an initial insight into the pathways through which PP with larger GHWs may lead to changes in smoking behaviour. Future research should examine whether the effects are conditional on individual demographic and smoking characteristics. Language eng DOI 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052057 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, BMJ Publishing Group Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073531 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:41:07 EST Sat, 30 May 2015, 05:01:16 EST Mon, 15 Jun 2015, 14:31:34 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2016, 05:05:49 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 14:18:36 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 14:20:35 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 14:23:17 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 14:24:42 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 14:27:37 EST Tue, 23 Feb 2016, 10:00:31 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:52:48 EST Fri, 02 Sep 2016, 15:02:17 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 09:23:40 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:23:23 EST Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 02:33:37 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:54:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 22 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 401 Abstract Views, 79 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:41:07 EST

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