PMID- 21181228
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110913
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 1661-8564 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-8556 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Jun
TI  - Recall of tobacco pack health warnings by the population in Ukraine and its 
      association with the perceived tobacco health hazard.
PG  - 253-62
LID - 10.1007/s00038-010-0226-4 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: After years of prevalence of smoking increase, Ukraine observes its 
      decline. Recent tobacco control measures included smoke-free policies, new 
      textual health warnings (THW) since late 2006, ban of outdoor tobacco advertising 
      since January 2009 and tobacco tax increase since late 2008. The objective was to 
      estimate potential contribution of THW to smoking decline process in Ukraine. 
      METHODS: The study is based on a nationwide omnibus survey of 2008 Ukrainian 
      adults (18+). OUTCOME MEASURES: quitting smoking after 2006 and perception of 
      tobacco-related hazards. To measure the exposure to THW respondents were asked to 
      describe the warnings they recall. Multivariate regression analysis was performed 
      in SPSS 15.0. RESULTS: Those who considered health hazard of smoking as serious 
      were significantly more likely to quit. Male smokers were more likely to perceive 
      health hazard if they recalled health warnings 'Smoking is addictive, do not 
      start to smoke!' and 'Smokers die early'. CONCLUSIONS: THW reach those groups of 
      the population they are aimed to and may potentially result in consequent 
      quitting smoking in male smokers.
FAU - Andreeva, Tatiana I
AU  - Andreeva TI
AD  - School of Public Health, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 
      Vishnyakivska st., 13-212 Kiev, Ukraine. tatianandreeva@yandex.ru
FAU - Krasovsky, Konstantin S
AU  - Krasovsky KS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20101223
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Public Health
JT  - International journal of public health
JID - 101304551
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hazardous Substances
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mental Recall
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Product Labeling
MH  - Product Packaging
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Smoking/*epidemiology
MH  - Smoking Cessation/*methods
MH  - *Nicotiana
MH  - Ukraine
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/12/25 06:00
MHDA- 2011/09/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/25 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/11/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/09/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/12/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/12/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00038-010-0226-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Public Health. 2011 Jun;56(3):253-62. doi: 10.1007/s00038-010-0226-4. Epub 
      2010 Dec 23.