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How does the emotive content of televised anti-smoking mass media campaigns influence monthly calls to the NHS Stop Smoking helpline in England?

Richardson, Sol; Langley, Tessa; Szatkowski, Lisa; Sims, Michelle; Gilmore, Anna; McNeill, Ann; Lewis, Sarah

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Authors

Sol Richardson

Michelle Sims

Anna Gilmore

Ann McNeill



Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of different types of televised mass media campaign content on calls to the English NHS Stop Smoking helpline.

METHOD: We used UK government-funded televised tobacco control campaigns from April 2005 to April 2010, categorised as either “positive” (eliciting happiness, satisfaction or hope) or “negative” (eliciting fear, guilt or disgust). We built negative binomial generalised additive models (GAMs) with linear and smooth terms for monthly per capita exposure to each campaign type (expressed as Gross Ratings Points, or GRPs) to determine their effect on calls in the same month. We adjusted for seasonal trends, inflation-adjusted weighted average cigarette prices and other tobacco control policies.

RESULTS: We found non-linear associations between exposure to positive and negative emotive campaigns and quitline calls. The rate of calls increased more than 50% as exposure to positive campaigns increased from 0 to 400 GRPs (rate ratio: 1.58, 95% CI: 1.25–2.01). An increase in calls in response to negative emotive campaigns was only apparent after monthly exposure exceeded 400 GRPs.

CONCLUSION: While positive campaigns were most effective at increasing quitline calls, those with negative emotive content were also found to impact on call rates but only at higher levels of exposure.

Citation

Richardson, S., Langley, T., Szatkowski, L., Sims, M., Gilmore, A., McNeill, A., & Lewis, S. (2014). How does the emotive content of televised anti-smoking mass media campaigns influence monthly calls to the NHS Stop Smoking helpline in England?. Preventive Medicine, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.030

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2014
Deposit Date Feb 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Preventive Medicine
Print ISSN 0091-7435
Electronic ISSN 0091-7435
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 69
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.030
Keywords Quitline, mass media, health promotion, emotions, smoking cessation
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/738881
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743514003211
Related Public URLs http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262576/

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