Objectives. This study examines how the American Legacy Foundation's “truth” campaign and Philip Morris's “Think. Don't Smoke” have influenced youths' attitudes, beliefs, intentions toward tobacco. Methods. We analyzed 2 telephone surveys of 12- to 17-year-olds with multivariate logistic regressions: a baseline survey conducted before launch second 10 months into campaign. Results. Exposure countermarketing advertisements was consistently associated an increase in anti-tobacco attitudes...

In early 2000, the American Legacy Foundation launched national "truth" campaign, first antismoking campaign to discourage tobacco use among youths. We studied impact of on smoking rates US youths (students in grades 8, 10, and 12).We used data from Monitoring Future survey a pre/post quasi-experimental design relate trends youth prevalence varied doses sample approximately 50000 students 12, surveyed each spring 1997 through 2002.Findings indicate that accounted for significant portion...

Physostigmine (.125 mg, .25 or .50 mg) placebo was administered intravenously to 10 neuroleptic-free patients with Alzheimer's disease over a 30-minute period. All performed better on recognition memory task while receiving physostigmine. When the dose of physostigmine previously associated an improvement in readministered, again enhanced performance task. These results indicate that acute augmentation cholinergic activity some can partially reverse deficit disorder and may provide approach...

To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014-2016) online survey US smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7% current multiple during their most recent attempt. Giving up cigarettes all at once (65.3%) and reducing number smoked (62.0%) were prevalent methods. Substituting some with e-cigarettes was greater percentage than nicotine patch, gum, or other cessation aids approved Food Drug...

Cessation television ads are often evaluated with measures of perceived effectiveness (PE) that gauge smokers' reactions to the ads. Although PE have been validated for other genres public service announcements, no studies our knowledge demonstrated predictive validity cessation TV specifically. We analyzed data from a longitudinal Web survey smokers in United States assess whether causally antecedent cessation-related outcomes. These consisted baseline and 2-week follow-up surveys 3,411 who...

This study examines how the American Legacy Foundation's 'truth®' campaign and Philip Morris's 'Think. Don't Smoke' (TDS) have influenced youth's tobacco-related attitudes, beliefs intentions during first 3 years of truth campaign. We use data from eight nationally representative cross-sectional telephone surveys 35 074 12- to 17-year olds estimate time series logistic regressions that assess association between recall TDS beliefs, toward smoking. An alternative measure exposure was also...

Objective To examine which types of cessation-focused advertisements are associated with perceived advertisement effectiveness among smokers and to assess whether key smoker characteristics (ie, cigarette consumption, desire quit past attempts) influence different cessation ads. Methods We used data from the New York Media Tracking Survey Online, a web survey 7060 adult in York. Participants were exposed four categories ads: (1) why quit—graphic images, (2) quit—testimonial, (3) how (4)...

Measures of perceived effectiveness (PE) ads have been validated to predict changes in cognitive precursors quit attempts, but a relationship between PE and actual attempts has not shown population-based studies. We analyzed smokers' ratings from the national Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign (1) establish validity predicting large, nationally representative sample smokers; (2) identify behavioral demographic correlates among respondents; (3) examine whether is influenced by matching...

The innovative use of technology in finance is posing challenges to many traditional business models. At the same time it challenging regulators. key issue they face how balance desire encourage new businesses so as intensify competition and provide better customer services sector, while protecting system consumers from excessively risky behaviour potential disruption. For Indonesia opportunity very large given uneven availability low levels financial inclusion. This paper explores...

Aims A potential unintended consequence of legalizing recreational marijuana is increased marijuana-related driving impairment. Some states where legal have begun implementing interventions to mitigate under the influence (DUI) marijuana, including media campaigns increase knowledge about DUI laws. However, little known associations between laws and behavior. In this study, we provide new data from a survey users in Colorado Washington examine drugged two behavioral precursors DUI. We also...

Chronic schizophrenic patients with the most severe social deterioration have been shown to differ from other chronic respect measures of left-to-right ventricular asymmetry, negative symptoms, and response haloperidol treatment. In current study, authors investigated antecedents these characteristics very poor outcome schizophrenia in 69 patients. Poor premorbid sociosexual functioning was associated more greater severity fewer positive worse functioning. These data suggest that factors end...

Adolescents who live in tobacco producing regions may not respond favourably to anti-industry ads.To examine whether state level involvement production appears limit the effectiveness of ads prevent use among adolescents USA.Time trend analyses were done using repeated cross sectional data from six waves Legacy Media Tracking Survey, which collected between 1999 and 2003.28,307 adolescents, ages 12-17 years, classified as living in: states (TPS) (n = 1929); non-tobacco (non-TPS) with low...

To understand the relative effectiveness of television advertisements that differ in their thematic focus and portrayals negative emotions and/or graphic images promoting calls to a smokers' quitline.Regression analysis is used explain variation quarterly media market-level per smoker New York State Smokers' Quitline from 2001 2009. The primary independent variable delivery measured by target audience rating points (TARPs). Advertisements were characterised overall objective--promoting...

While antismoking media campaigns have demonstrated effectiveness, less is known about the country-level effects of increased dosing. The 2012 US Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign generated approximately 1.6 million quit attempts overall; however, specific dose-response from was only assessed by self-report.Assess impact higher ad exposure during 2013 on quit-related behaviours and intentions, awareness, communication campaign, disease knowledge.A 3-month national buy supplemented...