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The near-universal experience of regret among smokers in four countries: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation SurveyGeoffrey T Fong
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Nicotine Tob Res 6:S341-51. 2004....
Positive impact of Australian 'blindness' tobacco warning labels: findings from the ITC four country surveyRyan David Kennedy
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Clin Exp Optom 95:590-8. 2012..The current study tested the hypothesis that the introduction of this warning label increased smokers' knowledge of this important health effect...
Effectiveness of the European Union text-only cigarette health warnings: findings from four countriesSara C Hitchman
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Public Health 22:693-9. 2012..This article examines the effectiveness of the text health warnings among daily cigarette smokers in four Member States...- Smokers' use of nicotine replacement therapy for reasons other than stopping smoking: findings from the ITC Four Country SurveyDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Addiction 103:1696-703. 2008..To measure the prevalence and correlates of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use for reasons other than quitting smoking among smokers in four countries... - Outdoor smoking behaviour and support for outdoor smoking restrictions before and after France's national smoking banRyan David Kennedy
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Public Health 22:29-34. 2012..This study sought to understand if the indoor ban simply moved smoking to the outdoors, and to assess levels of support for smoking restrictions in outdoor hospitality settings after the smoke-free law... - Perceptions of tobacco health warnings in China compared with picture and text-only health warnings from other countries: an experimental studyGeoffrey T Fong
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tob Control 19:i69-77. 2010..To assess the perceived effectiveness of cigarette health warnings in China, compared with picture and text-only warnings from other countries... - Support and correlates of support for banning smoking in cars with children: findings from the ITC Four Country SurveySara C Hitchman
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Eur J Public Health 21:360-5. 2011..Additionally, they suggest that support may be increased by educating smokers about the dangers of cigarette smoke exposure... - Text and graphic warnings on cigarette packages: findings from the international tobacco control four country studyDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Am J Prev Med 32:202-9. 2007..The current study examined the effectiveness of health warnings on cigarette packages in four countries... - Beyond light and mild: cigarette brand descriptors and perceptions of risk in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country SurveySeema Mutti
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Addiction 106:1166-75. 2011..To examine perceptions of risk related to type of cigarette brand... - The use of cessation assistance among smokers from China: Findings from the ITC China SurveyJilan Yang
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:75. 2011..This study examined stop-smoking medication use and its association with quitting behavior among a population-based sample of Chinese smokers... - Smoking beliefs and behavior among youth in Malaysia and ThailandCarla M Parkinson
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Am J Health Behav 33:366-75. 2009..To characterize smoking beliefs among Thai and Malaysian youth and to examine associations with gender, antismoking media exposure, and smoking status... - Socioeconomic disparities in quit intentions, quit attempts, and smoking abstinence among smokers in four western countries: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country SurveyJessica L Reid
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Nicotine Tob Res 12:S20-33. 2010..However, results are inconsistent for some outcomes, and little is known about how socioeconomic disparities vary across countries and over time... - Revising the machine smoking regime for cigarette emissions: implications for tobacco control policyDavid Hammond
Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Tob Control 16:8-14. 2007..However, the current international standard for generating cigarette emissions--the ISO machine smoking regime--is widely acknowledged to be inappropriate for purposes of setting regulatory restrictions... - Tobacco denormalization and industry beliefs among smokers from four countriesDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Am J Prev Med 31:225-32. 2006.... - Time perspective as a predictor of smoking status: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Surveys in Scotland, France, Germany, China, and MalaysiaGenevieve Sansone
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
BMC Public Health 13:346. 2013..The aim of this study was to examine whether time perspective was associated with the likelihood of being a smoker or non-smoker across five countries that vary in smoking behavior and strength of tobacco control policies... - Do time perspective and sensation-seeking predict quitting activity among smokers? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country SurveyPeter A Hall
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Addict Behav 37:1307-13. 2012..If these associations are causal in nature, it may be the case that interventions and health communications that enhance future-orientation may foster more quit attempts among current smokers... - Perceived risk and quitting behaviors: results from the ITC 4-country surveyMary Jean Costello
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Am J Health Behav 36:681-92. 2012..To rigorously test the relation between perceived risk (i.e., belief about the likelihood of harm) and quitting smoking... - Smoking cessation interventions from health care providers before and after the national smoke-free law in FranceRyan David Kennedy
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Public Health 22:23-8. 2012.... - Health knowledge and perception of risks among Chinese smokers and non-smokers: findings from the Wave 1 ITC China SurveyJilan Yang
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tob Control 19:i18-23. 2010..Awareness of health risks of smoking is strongly associated with smoking behaviour. However, there are no population-based studies of smoking-related health knowledge in China... - Quitting smoking in China: findings from the ITC China SurveyYuan Jiang
Department of Psychology, PAS Building, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tob Control 19:i12-7. 2010..Few studies have examined interest in quitting smoking and factors associated with quitting in mainland China... - The appeal of smokeless tobacco products among young Canadian smokers: the impact of pictorial health warnings and relative risk messagesWilliam E Callery
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Nicotine Tob Res 13:373-83. 2011..Additionally, there is little evidence examining the impact of health warning labels (HWL) on ST use and perceptions... - Predictors of car smoking rules among smokers in France, Germany and the NetherlandsSara C Hitchman
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Eur J Public Health 22:17-22. 2012.... - Regret and rationalization among smokers in Thailand and Malaysia: findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia SurveyWonkyong B Lee
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Health Psychol 28:457-64. 2009..To test whether differences of history and strength in tobacco control policies will influence social norms, which, in turn, will influence quit intentions, by influencing smokers' regret and rationalization... - Cigarette yields and human exposure: a comparison of alternative testing regimensDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1495-501. 2006.... - Knowledge about the relationship between smoking and blindness in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia: results from the International Tobacco Control Four-Country ProjectRyan David Kennedy
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Optometry 82:310-7. 2011..Studies have found that people are afraid of "going blind" and may be motivated to quit smoking if they know that vision loss is associated with smoking behavior... - The potential impact of plain packaging of cigarette products among Brazilian young women: an experimental studyChristine M White
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
BMC Public Health 12:737. 2012..The current study examined how tobacco packaging influences brand appeal and perceptions of health risk among young women in Brazil... - Predictors of smoking in cars with nonsmokers: findings from the 2007 Wave of the International Tobacco Control Four Country SurveySara C Hitchman
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Nicotine Tob Res 12:374-80. 2010..This study examines the proportion and characteristics of smokers who smoke in cars with nonsmokers across four countries and the potentially modifiable correlates of this behavior... - Patterns of cognitive dissonance-reducing beliefs among smokers: a longitudinal analysis from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country SurveyOmid Fotuhi
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Tob Control 22:52-8. 2013..This is accomplished by examining the longitudinal pattern of belief change among smokers as their smoking behaviours change... - Smoking topography, brand switching, and nicotine delivery: results from an in vivo studyDavid Hammond
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1370-5. 2005..However, puffing behavior and its influence upon risk-exposure has yet to be assessed outside the laboratory, in smokers' natural environment... - Gender empowerment and female-to-male smoking prevalence ratiosSara C Hitchman
University of Waterloo, Department of Psychology, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
Bull World Health Organ 89:195-202. 2011..To determine whether in countries with high gender empowerment the female-to-male smoking prevalence ratio is also higher... - An experimental investigation of tobacco smoke pollution in carsTaryn Sendzik
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Nicotine Tob Res 11:627-34. 2009..In particular, TSP constitutes a potentially serious health hazard to children because of prolonged exposure and their small size... - Smoking in movies, implicit associations of smoking with the self, and intentions to smokeSonya Dal Cin
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Psychol Sci 18:559-63. 2007.... - Patterns of smoking among adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia surveyDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo
Asia Pac J Public Health 20:193-203. 2008..In contrast, more than 50% Thai males and approximately one-third of Malaysian males aged 17 met the criteria for either experimental or current smoking... - The impact of cigarette warning labels and smoke-free bylaws on smoking cessation: evidence from former smokersDavid Hammond
University of Waterloo, Department of Health Studies, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Can J Public Health 95:201-4. 2004..The present study examined the extent to which former smokers' motivation to quit was influenced by two tobacco control policies recently introduced in the Waterloo Region: a local smoke-free bylaw and graphic cigarette warning labels... - Knowledge of health effects and intentions to quit among smokers in India: findings from the Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India pilot surveyGenevieve C Sansone
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:564-78. 2012..These findings highlight the need to increase awareness about the health risks of smoking in India, particularly in rural areas, where levels of education and health knowledge are lower... - Graphic Canadian cigarette warning labels and adverse outcomes: evidence from Canadian smokersDavid Hammond
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
Am J Public Health 94:1442-5. 2004..We assessed the impact of graphic Canadian cigarette warning labels... - The association between exposure to point-of-sale anti-smoking warnings and smokers' interest in quitting and quit attempts: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country SurveyLin Li
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Addiction 107:425-33. 2012.... - Exposure to tobacco marketing and support for tobacco control policiesDavid Hammond
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Am J Health Behav 30:700-9. 2006..To examine the salience of tobacco marketing on postsecondary campuses and student support for tobacco control policies... - Methods of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China SurveyChangbao Wu
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tob Control 19:i1-5. 2010..It also faces technical challenges in sample selection and weight calculation when some selected upper level clusters need to be replaced by new ones owing to massive relocation exercises within the cities... - Understanding the impact of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act on hospitality establishments' outdoor environments: a survey of restaurants and barsRyan David Kennedy
Health Psychology Laboratory, PAS 3rd Floor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Tob Control 19:165-7. 2010..The Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA) came into effect in May 2006 and included restrictions to outdoor hospitality areas by only permitting smoking on a patio if the area had no roof... - Remembering the message: the use of a reminder cue to increase condom use following a safer sex interventionSonya Dal Cin
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Health Psychol 25:438-43. 2006..These findings therefore imply that health intervention programs may be more efficacious if they include strategies such as reminder cues to increase the salience of health information in the appropriate contexts... - A social neuroscience perspective on physical activityPeter A Hall
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
J Sport Exerc Psychol 30:432-49. 2008.... - Establishing a causal chain: why experiments are often more effective than mediational analyses in examining psychological processesSteven J Spencer
Psychology Department, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 89:845-51. 2005.... - Legislation on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland: how will we evaluate the impact?Sally J Haw
NHS Health Scotland, Rosebery House, Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 28:24-30. 2006.... - Does smoke-free Ireland have more smoking inside the home and less in pubs than the United Kingdom? Findings from the international tobacco control policy evaluation projectAndrew Hyland
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Health Behavior, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
Eur J Public Health 18:63-5. 2008..This article aims to assess whether nationwide smoke-free policies are associated with more smoking or drinking inside the home... - Use of and beliefs about light cigarettes in four countries: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation SurveyRon Borland
Cancer Control Research Institute, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 6:S311-21. 2004.... - Prevalence and correlates of roll-your-own smoking in Thailand and Malaysia: Findings of the ITC-South East Asia SurveyDavid Young
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 10:907-15. 2008..Finally, exclusive RYO smokers were less aware of health warnings (RYO tobacco carries no health warnings), but even so, knowledge of the health effects of tobacco was equivalent... - Australian smokers support stronger regulatory controls on tobacco: findings from the ITC Four-Country SurveyDavid Young
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:164-9. 2007..To examine Australian smokers' attitudes towards regulation of the tobacco industry and to compare their attitudes with those of three similar countries--the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and Canada... - Smoker awareness of and beliefs about supposedly less-harmful tobacco productsAndrew Hyland
Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA. park.org
Am J Prev Med 29:85-90. 2005..These results highlight the need to educate smokers about the risks of alternatives to conventional cigarettes, and the need to regulate the advertising and promotion of such alternatives... - Showing leads to doing: graphic cigarette warning labels are an effective public health policyDavid Hammond
Eur J Public Health 16:223-4; author reply 225. 2006 - Smokers' reactions to cigarette package warnings with graphic imagery and with only text: a comparison between Mexico and CanadaJames F Thrasher
Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, SC 29208, USA
Salud Publica Mex 49:S233-40. 2007.... - HIV/STD risk reduction interventions for African American and Latino adolescent girls at an adolescent medicine clinic: a randomized controlled trialJohn B Jemmott
Annenberg School for Communication and School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:440-9. 2005..Adolescent girls in the United States and around the world are at a heightened risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...