Exposure to health warning labels on waterpipe tobacco packages: An application of the modified Extended Parallel Process Model on quitting behavior from three waves of the PATH study

Author

Jayaprakash Kumar

Date

2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Committee Chair

Kenneth Ward

Committee Member

Satish Kedia

Committee Member

Latrice Pichon

Committee Member

Yu Jiang

Abstract

The prevalence of waterpipe (WP) smoking has increased steadily in the United States despite growing evidence of its serious health consequences and addictive potential. Although, health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages are effective in preventing initiation and cessation of smoking, the effect of HWLs on WP tobacco packages have seldom been studied. This study modified the extended parallel process model (EPPM) by adding motivation as a mediating construct and applied to examine if it predicts the effect of health warning label on waterpipe tobacco packages on quitting behavior. Data from the three waves of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a United States national representative cohort of young adult WP smokers (N=1916)

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

Recommended Citation

Kumar, Jayaprakash, "Exposure to health warning labels on waterpipe tobacco packages: An application of the modified Extended Parallel Process Model on quitting behavior from three waves of the PATH study" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2629.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/2629