OBJECTIVES: To measure relative effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements by category and emotive execution style among young adults. METHODS: Participants (n=1011) from 2 US 4-year colleges, one southern and one northern were surveyed before and after viewing advertisements in one of 3 categories: social norms, health consequences, or tobacco industry manipulation and with 4 emotive execution styles: drama, testimonial (negative emotive) and humor, sarcasm (positive). RESULTS: Health consequences and negative emotive advertisements were rated significantly most persuasive. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to support the effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements emphasizing the negative emotive health consequences of smoking among young adults.
OBJECTIVES: To measure relative effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements by category and emotive execution style among young adults. METHODS:Participants (n=1011) from 2 US 4-year colleges, one southern and one northern were surveyed before and after viewing advertisements in one of 3 categories: social norms, health consequences, or tobacco industry manipulation and with 4 emotive execution styles: drama, testimonial (negative emotive) and humor, sarcasm (positive). RESULTS: Health consequences and negative emotive advertisements were rated significantly most persuasive. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to support the effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements emphasizing the negative emotive health consequences of smoking among young adults.
Authors: Constantine I Vardavas; Emmanouil K Symvoulakis; Gregory N Connolly; Evridiki Patelarou; Christos Lionis Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2010-01-08 Impact factor: 3.390