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. 2018 Sep 5;8(9):e019662. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019662

Table 4.

Perceptions of cigarette design (harm, appeal and trial)

Standard cigarette
(SC) %*
Cigarette with warning
(WC) %*
Green
Cigarette
(GC) %*
Harmful to health 38.8 69.1† 70.2†
Think of dangers 20.9 58.1†‡ 53.5†
Unattractive 25.2 61.7† 68.7†
Unstylish 37.4 66.0† 69.4†
Not nice to be seen with 19.8 55.2† 60.2†
Not appealing to people my age 17.8 51.5† 57.4†
Unlikely to try (personally) 8.9 45.4† 66.5†
Unlikely to try (for never smokers) 14.8 63.3† 71.6†

*Percentages shown indicate participants choosing one of the three points nearest the undesirable anchor on a seven-point semantic scale.

†Significant difference in comparison with the standard cigarette (p<0.001).

‡Significant difference in comparison with the green cigarette (p<0.05).