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Summary: 

New legislation passed in June 2009 requires pictorial health warnings on 50% of the front and back of US cigarette packages within 24 months, in addition to a 15 month implementation window. For more on the packaging regulations and health warnings click here.

 

Label Images

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USA's Health Warnings Gallery

Health Warnings Documents

A review of evidence on the effectiveness of text and pictoral warnings for USA is listed below.

 

Effects of High and Low Fear-arousing Communications Upon Opinions Toward Smoking (J of Exp Soc Psych - Insko et al)
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1965

 

Effectiveness of Cigarette Advertisements on Women (Jour Appl Psychology - Loken, Howard-Pitney)
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1988

 

Perceived Believability of Warning Label Information Presented in Cigarette Advertising (Jour of Advertising - Beltramini)

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1988

 

Recall and Eye Tracking Study of Adolescents Viewing Tobacco Advertisements (Jour Am Med Assoc - Fischer et al.)

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1989

 

Warnings on Cigarette Packages Are Ineffective (Jour Am Med Assoc - Richards Editorial)

USA

1989

 

Health-Risk Warning Labels on Smokeless Tobacco Products Are They Effective (Addictive Behaviors - Brubaker, Mitby)

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1990

 

Readability of Health Warnings on Alcohol and Tobacco Products (Am Jour Publ Health - Malouff et al.)

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1992

 

Do Adolescents Attend to Warnings in Cigarette Advertising An Eye-Tracking Approach (Jour of Advertising Research - Krugman et al.)

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1994

 

Perceived Believability Among Adolescents of Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs (Jour Appl Soc Psych - Cecil et al.)

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1996

 

Pack As Advertisement (Tob Control - Slade Editorial)

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1997

 

Do Cigarette Warnings Warn Understanding What It Will Take to Develop More Effective Warnings (Jour of Hlth Communication - Krugman et al.)

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1999

 

International Cigarette Labelling Practices (Tob Control - Aftab et al.)

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1999

 

Responses to Tobacco Control Policies Among Youth (Tob Control - Crawford et al.)

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2001

 

The Effect of Antismoking Advertisement Executional Characteristics on Youth Comprehension, Appraisal, Recall, and Engagement. (J of Hlth Comm - Terry-McElrath et al)
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2005

 

Effectiveness of Cigarette Warning Labels in Informing Smokers About the Risks of Smoking ITC-4 Study (Tob Control - Hammond et al.)

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2006

 

Reactions of Young Adult Smokers to Warning Labels on Cigarette Packages (Am Jour Prev Med - O'Hegarty et al.)

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2006

 

Tests of Graphic Visuals and Cigarette Package Warning Combinations: Implications for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (J Publ Policy and Mark. - Kees et al.)

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2006

 

Tobacco Denormalization and Industry Beliefs Among Smokers from Four Countries (Am Jour Prev Med - Hammond et al.)

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2006

 

Why is Such a Smart Person Like You Smoking Using Self-Affirmation to Reduce Defensiveness... (Jour Appl Biobehavior Research - Dillard et al.)

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2006

 

Text and Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packages ITC-4 Study (Am Jour Prev Med - Hammond et al.)

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2007

 

The Impact and Acceptability of Canadian-style Cigarette Warning Labels Among U.S. Smokers and Nonsmokers (Nic and Tob Research - Peters et al.)

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2007

 

Worth More Than a Thousand Words Picture-Based Tobacco Warning Labels and Language Rights in the U.S. (Report - Browne et al.) (Spanish)

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2007

 

Worth More Than a Thousand Words Picture-Based Tobacco Warning Labels and Language Rights in the U.S (Report - Browne et al.)(Chinese)

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2007

 

Worth More Than a Thousand Words Picture-Based Tobacco Warning Labels and Language Rights in the U.S (Report - Browne et al.)(English)

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2007

 

Effects of Including a Graphic Warning Label in Advertisements...Persuasion and Policy (Jour of Appl Soc Psych - Stark et al.)

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2008

 

Exploring the Effectiveness of Cigarette Warning Labels: Findings from the United States and United Kingdom Arms of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey (Int. J. Nonprofit Volunt. Sect. Mark. - Hassan et al.)

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2008

 

Constituent & Emissions Labelling

A review of evidence on the labelling and disclosure of chemicals found in tobacco products for USA is listed below.

 

Consumer Perception of Cigarette Yields Is the Message Relevant (Reg Toxicology and Pharmacology - Gori)
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1990

Information on Tar and Nicotine Yields on Cigarette Packages (Am Jour Publ Health - Davis et al.)
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1990

Smokers Knowledge and Understanding of Advertised Tar Numbers Health Policy Implications (Am Jour Publ Health - Cohen)
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1996

It’s Time for a Change Cigarette Smokers Deserve Meaningful Information About Their Cigarettes (Jour of NCI - Wilkenfeld et al. Editorial)
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2000

Publishing Tobacco Tar Measurements on Packets (BMJ - Gray, Boyle Editorial)
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2004

Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding the Tar and Nicotine Content of Regular, Light, and Ultralight Cigarettes Among Adult Smokers (Tob Control - Castrucci, Gerlach)
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2005

Not Safe is Not Enough Smokers Have a Right to Know More Than There is No Safe Tobacco Product (Tob Control - Kozlowski, Edwards)
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2005

Relationship Between Constituent Labelling and Reporting of Tar Yields Among Smokers in Four Countries (Jour Publ Health - O Connor et al.)
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2006

 

Prohibitions on Misleading Information

A review of evidence on the prohibition of deceptive and misleading information on American tobacco products is listed below.

A Study on Youth Smoking - Plain Packaging, Health Warnings, Event Marketing and Price Reductions (Report - Rootman and Flay)
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1995

Measuring Smokers' Perceptions of the Health Risks From Smoking Light Cigarettes (Amer Jour of Public Health - Kozlowski et al.)
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2000

Beliefs about Light and Ultra Light cigarettes and efforts to change those beliefs.. (Tob Control - Kozlowski and Pillitteri)
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2001

Smokers' Beliefs About Light and Ultra Light Cigarettes (Tob Control - Shiffman et al.)
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2001

Test of Light cigarette Counter-advertising Using a Standard Test of Advertising Effectiveness (Tob Control - Shiffman et al.)
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2001

Implications of the Federal Court Order Banning the Terms Light and Mild What Difference Could It Make (Tobac Control - Anderson et al.)
USA
2007

 

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