Perceived effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements among young adults
Rebecca Murphy-Hoefer1, Andrew Hyland, Cheryl Higbee
1Department of Communication, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA. rmurph27@kennesaw.edu
Objectives:
To measure relative effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements by category and emotive execution style among young adults.
Methods:
Participants (n=1011) from 2 US 4-year colleges, one southern and one northern were surveyed before and after viewing advertisements in one of 3 categories: social norms, health consequences, or tobacco industry manipulation and with 4 emotive execution styles: drama, testimonial (negative emotive) and humor, sarcasm (positive).
Results:
Health consequences and negative emotive advertisements were rated significantly most persuasive.
Conclusions:
This is the first study to support the effectiveness of tobacco countermarketing advertisements emphasizing the negative emotive health consequences of smoking among young adults.
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