Young adults have been a target for tobacco companies promoting cigarette and smokeless tobacco products. The current study aims to look at how marketing effects young adult’s tobacco use. Researchers …
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Among the known risks for heavy drinking among college students are positive alcohol-related attitudes and drinking norms, as well as online alcohol marketing. Increasingly students engage both through social media. …
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UReport Research: Exposure to tobacco product marketing linked to initiation
Previous research suggests adolescent exposure to medical marijuana (MMJ) advertising is associated with increased intention to use marijuana and marijuana use one year later. A new study expanded on this …
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A recent study examined online advertising practices among legal recreational and/or medical marijuana dispensaries. From a purposive sample of states with legalized recreational and/or medical marijuana use (n = 10; …
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A new study examined whether heavy exposure to sexual and alcohol content on fictional and reality TV programs would be associated with emerging adults’ risky sexual and alcohol experiences. Participants …
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Previous research has documented a relationship between exposure to alcohol marketing and underage drinking and has examined the relationship between cue exposure and behavioral enactment based on activation of the …
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A new study examined changes in college students’ smoking-related attitudes, beliefs, and intentions as a result of their exposure to antismoking media and smoking status. Participants (N = 87) were …
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Nationally, the number of colleges with tobacco-free campus policies is rising; however, students may still be still exposed to tobacco products off campus. A recent study assessed availability, marketing, and …
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Previous literature has established the effectiveness of emotional appeals at promoting intention to change behavior. A new study investigated whether fear appeals or humor appeals in anti-alcohol abuse campaigns were …
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