A qualitative content analysis of cigarette health warning labels in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.; Bell, Kirsten; Dennis, Simone
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The legislation of health warning labels on cigarette packaging is a major focus for tobacco control internationally and is a key component of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This population-level intervention is broadly supported as a vital measure for warning people about the health consequences of smoking. However, some components of this approach warrant close critical inspection. Through a qualitative content analysis of the imagery used on health...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Haines-Saah, Rebecca J. | |
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dc.contributor.author | Bell, Kirsten | |
dc.contributor.author | Dennis, Simone | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-29T06:51:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-29T06:51:40Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0090-0036 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13646 | |
dc.description.abstract | The legislation of health warning labels on cigarette packaging is a major focus for tobacco control internationally and is a key component of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This population-level intervention is broadly supported as a vital measure for warning people about the health consequences of smoking. However, some components of this approach warrant close critical inspection. Through a qualitative content analysis of the imagery used on health warning labels from 4 countries, we consider how this imagery depicts people that smoke. By critically analyzing this aspect of the visual culture of tobacco control, we argue that this imagery has the potential for unintended consequences, and obscures the social and embodied contexts in which smoking is experienced. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was jointly funded by a Population Health Intervention Research Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute, and we gratefully acknowledge their support (CIHR: GIR-127071; CCSRI: 2013-702183; principal investigator, K. Bell). | |
dc.format | 9 pages | |
dc.publisher | American Public Health Association | |
dc.rights | © American Public Health Association | |
dc.source | American Journal of Public Health | |
dc.subject | australia | |
dc.subject | canada | |
dc.subject | great britain | |
dc.subject | humans | |
dc.subject | smoking | |
dc.subject | tobacco products | |
dc.subject | united states | |
dc.subject | product labeling | |
dc.title | A qualitative content analysis of cigarette health warning labels in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 105 | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-02 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.apha.org/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Dennis, S., School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University | |
local.identifier.essn | 1541-0048 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | e61 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | e69 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302362 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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