Thomas Poundall
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Impact of Standardized Tobacco Packaging Legislation on University Students
Poundall, Thomas; Bogdanovica, Ilze; Langley, Tessa
Authors
Dr ILZE BOGDANOVICA ILZE.BOGDANOVICA@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
TESSA LANGLEY TESSA.LANGLEY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Abstract
Background: European Union and national legislation implemented from May 2016 mean that from May 2017 all tobacco products in the United Kingdom must be sold in standardized packs without external branding and with prominent graphic health warnings. This study investigates the level of awareness and acceptability of the legislation in students during the implementation period, and how the legislation may impact on student perceptions of pack attributes, health warning effectiveness, student smokers' willingness to pay for cigarette packs, and intentions to quit.
Methods: An online survey link was e-mailed to randomly selected University of Nottingham students in autumn 2016. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression models were used to investigate awareness, acceptability, and potential quitting behavior.
Results: 546 students (175 smokers, 371 nonsmokers) responded. Very few of students had seen a standardized pack. Smokers were more likely to be aware of the new legislation than non-smokers. More smokers noticed the warnings on standardized packs than on branded ones. Fewer smokers were willing to pay current prices for standardized packs than for 20 branded packs. Just under half of smokers anticipated quitting in response to the new legislation, with those who smoke infrequently being more likely to anticipate quitting than daily smokers.
Conclusions: Few students had seen a standardized pack, suggesting that the level of implementation of the legislation was low five to six months into the implementation period. However, the findings suggest that the legislation has the potential to increase quitting behavior in smoking students.
Citation
Poundall, T., Bogdanovica, I., & Langley, T. (2018). A Cross-Sectional Study of the Impact of Standardized Tobacco Packaging Legislation on University Students. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 27(3), 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2018.1431992
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 21, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 20, 2018 |
Publication Date | May 4, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jun 13, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 24, 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse |
Print ISSN | 1067-828X |
Electronic ISSN | 1547-0652 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 165-173 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2018.1431992 |
Keywords | price-minimizing behavior, smoking, tobacco taxation, young adults |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1478742 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1067828X.2018.1431992 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse on 20/02/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com//10.1080/1067828X.2018.1431992 |
Contract Date | Jun 13, 2019 |
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