Right, but I thought that psychologists had done experimental studies = quite a while ago in which we showed that graphic images had no = influence on quitting.
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt On Sep 10, 2013, at 2:49 PM, "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael > I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. > > Smokers were not randomly assigned to watch or not watch the ads so in that > sense it is not possible to determine causality. The researchers compared > population levels of smoking and quit attempts before and after the campaign. > http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2961686-4/fulltext > > > Marie > > > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor l Department of Psychology > Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College > Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Britt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:40 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Graphic Ads to get people to stop smoking > > Here's an article from today's NYT in which it is implied that people who saw > ads of smokers who were suffering from the results of smoking quit as a > result. Quotes: > > "According to a new study published on Monday in The Lancet, the ads may have > prompted more than 100,000 Americans to give up smoking for good. > > The study, led by a team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, > surveyed 5,300 Americans before and after the campaign, including 3,000 > smokers. The paid ads ran for three months beginning in March, just after the > New Year resolution season, when the percentage of smokers trying to quit is > typically on the decline. > > The researchers found that over all, four of five of smokers had seen the > commercials, and the percentage who reported trying to quit rose by 12 > percent. Of those who tried to quit, about 13 percent remained abstinent > after the campaign had ended." > > Does anyone have a reference for the research psychologists have done to show > that these ads don't have a causal effect on smoking cessation? > > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=27706 > or send a blank email to > leave-27706-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=27707 > or send a blank email to > leave-27707-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27710 or send a blank email to leave-27710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
