2016

Graphic cigarette labels could help reduce smoking among American Indians

Graphic cigarette labels could be effective at reducing smoking rates in American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) communities, according to research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

At 36 percent, the rate of smoking in AI/AN communities is twice the national average. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in those communities.

Researchers, led by David Patterson Silver Wolf, associate professor at the Brown School, analyzed results from surveys of 220 AI/AN smokers, at-risk smokers and non-smokers who viewed graphic labels that contained images of physical harm as part of a larger study.

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