Effect of Televised, Tobacco CompanyFunded Smoking Prevention Advertising on Youth Smoking-Related Beliefs, Intentions, and Behavior
Melanie Wakefield, PhD,
Yvonne Terry-McElrath, MSA,
Sherry Emery, PhD,
Henry Saffer, PhD,
Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD,
Glen Szczypka, BA,
Brian Flay, PhD,
Patrick M. OMalley, PhD and
Lloyd D. Johnston, PhD
Melanie Wakefield is with the Center for Behavioral Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Patrick M. OMalley, and Lloyd D. Johnston are with the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sherry Emery, Frank J. Chaloupka, and Glen Szczypka are with the Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago. Henry Saffer is with the Department of Economics, Kean University, Union, NJ. Brian Flay is with the Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Melanie Wakefield, PhD, Center for Behavioral Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 3053 (e-mail: melanie.wakefield{at}cancervic.org.au).
Objective. To relate exposure to televised youth smoking preventionadvertising to youths smoking beliefs, intentions, andbehaviors.
Methods. We obtained commercial television ratings data from75 US media markets to determine the average youth exposureto tobacco company youth-targeted and parent-targeted smokingprevention advertising. We merged these data with nationallyrepresentative school-based survey data (n = 103 172) gatheredfrom 1999 to 2002. Multivariate regression models controlledfor individual, geographic, and tobacco policy factors, andother televised antitobacco advertising.
Results. There was little relation between exposure to tobaccocompanysponsored, youth-targeted advertising and youthsmoking outcomes. Among youths in grades 10 and 12, during the4 months leading up to survey administration, each additionalviewing of a tobacco company parent-targeted advertisement was,on average, associated with lower perceived harm of smoking(odds ratio [OR]=0.93; confidence interval [CI]=0.88, 0.98),stronger approval of smoking (OR=1.11; CI=1.03,1.20), strongerintentions to smoke in the future (OR=1.12; CI=1.04,1.21), andgreater likelihood of having smoked in the past 30 days (OR=1.12;CI=1.04,1.19).
Conclusions. Exposure to tobacco company youth-targeted smokingprevention advertising generally had no beneficial outcomesfor youths. Exposure to tobacco company parent-targeted advertisingmay have harmful effects on youth, especially among youths ingrades 10 and 12.
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