Teenagers' response to self- and other-directed anti-smoking messages: a cross-cultural study
Chip MillerDrake University
Bram FoubertMaastricht University
James ReardonUniversity of Northern Colorado
Irena VidaUniversity of Ljubljana
INTRODUCTION
The costs of smoking in terms of health degradation, falling productivity and increased stress on healthcare systems are widely acknowledged (Barnum 1994; Andrews et al.2004). Globally, more than 1.2 billion people aged 15 and over are daily smokers. Based on current trends, around 50% of all lifetime tobacco users will die from smoking-related diseases (GTRN 2006). Not surprisingly, Petty and Cacioppo (1996) assert that smoking...