Designing more effective cigar warnings: an experiment among adult cigar smokers.
Sarah Dorothy KowittKristen L JarmanJennifer Cornacchione RossLeah M RanneyCaleb A SmithChristine E KistlerAllison J LazardPaschal SheeranJames F ThrasherAdam O GoldsteinPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
Our study with cigar smokers from across the United States provides much-needed evidence concerning the perceived effectiveness of different cigar health warning statements and features that may strengthen such statements. Mandated cigar warnings in the United States could be strengthened by including health consequences that were perceived as more effective in our study (e.g., early death), using health consequences that participants were aware of, and using short warning statements.