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Table 4 Respondents’ Reaction to Measured Warnings

From: Perceived effectiveness of pictorial health warnings on changes in smoking behaviour in Asia: a literature review

Study

Country

Smoking status

Age groups

Salience

p value

Emotional Reaction

p value

Cognitive Reaction

p value

Hawari et al.

Jordan

Nonsmokers

Young adult

Perceptions of salience between the picture of a child covering mouth vs current pictorial warnings

< 0.001

Fear elicitation between the picture of a coffin vs current pictorial warnings

< 0.001

Gaining of information between the picture of a child using inhaler vs current pictorial warnings

< 0.001

Hawari et al.

Jordan

Smokers

Young adult

Perceptions of salience between the picture of a child covering mouth vs current pictorial warnings

0.004

Fear elicitation between the picture of a coffin vs current pictorial warnings

< 0.001

Gaining of information between the picture of a child using inhaler vs current pictorial warnings

0.05

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

Nonsmokers

Youth

–

 

Fear

< 0.001

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

1st stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Fear

< 0.001

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

2nd stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Fear

< 0.001

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

3rd stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Fear

0.227

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

Nonsmokers

Youth

–

 

Disgust

0.027

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

1st stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Disgust

< 0.001

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

2nd stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Disgust

0.033

–

–

Tugrul, T.O.

Turkey

3rd stage smokers

Youth

–

 

Disgust

< 0.001

–

–

Fathelarahman et al.

Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Reading or looking closely after exposure to PHW

0.607

–

–

Think of harm after exposure to PHW

0.004

Fathelarahman et al.

Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Avoid looking after exposure to PHW

< 0.001

–

–

The change of knowledge after exposure to PHW

< 0.001

Yong et al

Thailand

Smokers

Adult

Notice after exposure to new PHW

< 0.001

–

–

Think of health risk after exposure to new PHW

< 0.001

Yong et al

Thailand

Smokers

Adult

Read after exposure to new PHW

< 0.001

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Thailand

Smokers

Adult

Avoid looking after exposure to new PHW

< 0.001

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Notice after exposure to new text-only warning

not sig.

–

–

Think of health risk after exposure to new PHW

not sig.

Yong et al

Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Read after exposure to new text-only warning

not sig.

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Avoid looking after exposure to new text-only warning

not sig.

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Thailand vs. Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Avoid looking after exposure to new label

< 0.01

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Thailand vs Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Notice after exposure to new label

< 0.001

–

–

–

–

Yong et al

Thailand vs Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Read after exposure to new label

< 0.05

–

–

–

 

Behera et al.

India

Smokers

Adult

Notice or not after exposure to new PHW

> 0.05

–

–

–

–

Behera et al.

India

Nonsmokers

Adult

Notice or not after exposure to new PHW

> 0.05

–

–

–

–

Awaisu et al.

Qatar

Non-smokers vs smokers

Adult

–

 

Fear

0.233

Gaining of more information compared with text-only warning

0.03

Elton-Marshall et al.

China vs. Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Noticing after changes of warnings

0.02

–

–

Thinking about health risks after changes of warnings

0.13

Elton-Marshall et al.

China vs. Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Reading/looking closely after changes of warnings

0.04

–

–

–

–

Elton-Marshall et al,

China vs. Malaysia

Smokers

Adult

Avoid looking/thinking after the changes of warnings

0.02

–

–

–

–

  1. Empty cells indicate the component was not identified