Impact of topic of text-only e-cigarette warning
Topic of text-only warning | |||||
(1) Nicotine addiction Mean (SD) | (2) Hazard Mean (SD) | (3) Hazard + harm Mean (SD) | 1 vs 2 d | 2 vs 3 d | |
Intended effects | |||||
Attention to message | 3.40 (1.13) | 3.81 (.99) | 3.78 (1.02) | 0.39** | −0.03 |
Believability | 4.17 (.91) | 3.52 (1.00) | 3.62 (1.06) | −0.68** | 0.10 |
Negative affect | 2.30 (1.12) | 2.69 (1.06) | 2.54 (1.15) | 0.36** | −0.14 |
Anticipated social interactions | 2.28 (1.33) | 2.71 (1.34) | 2.67 (1.33) | 0.32** | −0.03 |
Cognitive elaboration | 3.03 (1.31) | 3.49 (1.21) | 3.50 (1.29) | 0.36** | 0.02 |
Interest in e-cigarette use (current users only) | 2.39 (.75) | 2.31 (.73) | 2.29 (.79) | −0.11 | −0.03 |
Perceived message effectiveness | 3.13 (1.09) | 3.69 (1.00) | 3.63 (1.10) | 0.53** | −0.06 |
Unintended effects | |||||
Message reactance | 2.44 (1.03) | 2.81 (1.01) | 2.83 (1.16) | 0.36** | 0.02 |
Anticipated message avoidance | 2.50 (1.18) | 2.58 (1.19) | 2.62 (1.25) | 0.06 | 0.03 |
Interest in cigarette use (current smokers only) | 2.30 (.69) | 2.32 (.73) | 2.33 (.72) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
% | % | % | h | h | |
Interest in cigarette use (non-smokers only) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
d, standardised mean difference; h, standardised proportion difference. Risk belief findings appear in online supplementary table S2 and S3.
**p<0.001.