Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study

AIM: To examine whether government‐funded tobacco control television advertising shown in England between 2002 and 2010 reduced adult smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption. DESIGN: Analysis of monthly cross‐sectional surveys using generalised additive models. SETTING: England. PART...

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Main Authors: Sims, Michelle, Salway, Ruth, Langley, Tessa, Lewis, Sarah, McNeill, Ann, Szatkowski, Lisa, Gilmore, Anna B.
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author Sims, Michelle
Salway, Ruth
Langley, Tessa
Lewis, Sarah
McNeill, Ann
Szatkowski, Lisa
Gilmore, Anna B.
author_facet Sims, Michelle
Salway, Ruth
Langley, Tessa
Lewis, Sarah
McNeill, Ann
Szatkowski, Lisa
Gilmore, Anna B.
author_sort Sims, Michelle
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description AIM: To examine whether government‐funded tobacco control television advertising shown in England between 2002 and 2010 reduced adult smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption. DESIGN: Analysis of monthly cross‐sectional surveys using generalised additive models. SETTING: England. PARTICIPANTS: More than 80 000 adults aged 18 years or over living in England and interviewed in the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. MEASUREMENTS: Current smoking status, smokers' daily cigarette consumption, tobacco control gross rating points (GRPs—a measure of per capita advertising exposure combining reach and frequency), cigarette costliness, tobacco control activity, socio‐demographic variables. FINDINGS: After adjusting for other tobacco control policies, cigarette costliness and individual characteristics, we found that a 400‐point increase in tobacco control GRPs per month, equivalent to all adults in the population seeing four advertisements per month (although actual individual‐level exposure varies according to TV exposure), was associated with 3% lower odds of smoking 2 months later [odds ratio (OR) = 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.95, 0.999] and accounted for 13.5% of the decline in smoking prevalence seen over this period. In smokers, a 400‐point increase in GRPs was associated with a 1.80% (95%CI = 0.47, 3.11) reduction in average cigarette consumption in the following month and accounted for 11.2% of the total decline in consumption over the period 2002–09. CONCLUSION: Government‐funded tobacco control television advertising shown in England between 2002 and 2010 was associated with reductions in smoking prevalence and smokers' cigarette consumption.
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spelling nottingham-315652020-05-04T20:14:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31565/ Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study Sims, Michelle Salway, Ruth Langley, Tessa Lewis, Sarah McNeill, Ann Szatkowski, Lisa Gilmore, Anna B. AIM: To examine whether government‐funded tobacco control television advertising shown in England between 2002 and 2010 reduced adult smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption. DESIGN: Analysis of monthly cross‐sectional surveys using generalised additive models. SETTING: England. PARTICIPANTS: More than 80 000 adults aged 18 years or over living in England and interviewed in the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. MEASUREMENTS: Current smoking status, smokers' daily cigarette consumption, tobacco control gross rating points (GRPs—a measure of per capita advertising exposure combining reach and frequency), cigarette costliness, tobacco control activity, socio‐demographic variables. FINDINGS: After adjusting for other tobacco control policies, cigarette costliness and individual characteristics, we found that a 400‐point increase in tobacco control GRPs per month, equivalent to all adults in the population seeing four advertisements per month (although actual individual‐level exposure varies according to TV exposure), was associated with 3% lower odds of smoking 2 months later [odds ratio (OR) = 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.95, 0.999] and accounted for 13.5% of the decline in smoking prevalence seen over this period. In smokers, a 400‐point increase in GRPs was associated with a 1.80% (95%CI = 0.47, 3.11) reduction in average cigarette consumption in the following month and accounted for 11.2% of the total decline in consumption over the period 2002–09. CONCLUSION: Government‐funded tobacco control television advertising shown in England between 2002 and 2010 was associated with reductions in smoking prevalence and smokers' cigarette consumption. Wiley 2014-06 Article PeerReviewed Sims, Michelle, Salway, Ruth, Langley, Tessa, Lewis, Sarah, McNeill, Ann, Szatkowski, Lisa and Gilmore, Anna B. (2014) Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study. Addiction, 109 (6). pp. 986-994. ISSN 1360-0443 Cigarettes; consumption; gross rating points (GRPs); mass media campaign; smoking prevalence; smoking rates; television advertisement; tobacco control http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12501/abstract doi:10.1111/add.12501 doi:10.1111/add.12501
spellingShingle Cigarettes; consumption; gross rating points (GRPs); mass media campaign; smoking prevalence; smoking rates; television advertisement; tobacco control
Sims, Michelle
Salway, Ruth
Langley, Tessa
Lewis, Sarah
McNeill, Ann
Szatkowski, Lisa
Gilmore, Anna B.
Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title_full Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title_fullStr Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title_short Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
title_sort effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in england: a population‐based cross‐sectional study
topic Cigarettes; consumption; gross rating points (GRPs); mass media campaign; smoking prevalence; smoking rates; television advertisement; tobacco control
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