Information disclosure and smoking risk perceptions: Potential short-term impact on Spanish students of the new European Union directive on tobacco products
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BACKGROUND: The Directive 1999/0244 (COD), recently approved by the European Parliament, proposed that the content and presentation of health warnings on cigarette packets be modified. The aim of the present study was to analyse the potential effect of the planned measures on the perceptions by Spanish youth of the risks associated with smoking. METHOD: A sample of 435 students attending the University of La Rioja were surveyed on their perceptions of the principal health risks attributable to the consumption of tobacco i.e. lung cancer, respiratory diseases and cardiovascular disease. A questionnaire was administered before and after they were presented with a demonstration of the health warnings on cigarette packets based on the new European Union directive. RESULTS: Perceptions changed significantly following exposure to the content and type of information of the new packaging. In general, the university students attributed a higher health risk to smoking following the presentation. CONCLUSIONS: The measures developed by the public sector to present a higher profile of anti-tobacco health warnings do influence the target population in the desired direction, at least in the short term. Hence, given that the perception of risk influences the election to smoke, it is predictable that when these types of policy decisions are applied, there will be a tendency towards a reduction in the incidence and prevalence of tobacco consumption.
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- Authors
- Portillo, F.
- Venue
- The European Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2002-12-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 295-301
- ISSN
- 1101-1262 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-360X
- OpenAlex
- W2158476236
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RIUR (Universidad de La Rioja) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- tobacco health warnings, cigarette packaging, smoking risk perception, university students, youth tobacco use, anti-tobacco policy, health risk communication, Spanish youth
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Consumer Product Safety, European Union, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Product Labeling, Surveys and Questionnaires, Smoking, Social Perception, Spain, Students, Universities, Risk Assessment, Information Dissemination
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