Table 2.
Package color | Corrective message | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue | Red | No | Yes | |
% | % | % | % | |
1.Quest cigarettes contain no nicotine at all. | 69.7 | 68.8 | 63.2 | 75.4** |
2.Nicotine free cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes. | 50.2 | 43.7 | 46.1 | 48.0 |
3.Quest cigarettes contain as much tar as a light cigarette. | 61.5 | 56.1 | 58.1 | 59.6 |
4.What color were the cigarette packs? | 83.1 | 91.4** | 87.5 | 86.7 |
5.How did the cigarette packages appear in the ad? | 44.8 | 64.1*** | 53.8 | 55.0 |
6.What statement best captures the content of the warning label? | 24.5 | 38.9** | 27.5 | 35.6 |
Recall score [M (SD)] | 3.3 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.4)** | 3.3 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.4)* |
Associations between experimental factors and individual recall items were assessed using chi-squared tests. Associations between experimental factors and the overall recall score were assessed using t-tests.
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.