Table 5

Means and standard errors for frequency of reading, attending to, thinking about, and talking about health warning labels in students who had seen a cigarette pack in the previous 6 months in each survey year by smoking status (means adjusted for age, sex and school system)

Smoking experienceP value for overall effect of
All studentsNSNSSNSExperimental smokerCurrent smokerYearSmoking statusYear×smoking status
Mean (SE)Mean (SE)Mean (SE)Mean (SE)Mean (SE)
Read warnings
 20112.50 (0.03)2.53 (0.04)2.44 (0.09)2.51 (0.06)2.53 (0.07)0.700.640.62
 20132.46 (0.04)2.46 (0.03)2.24 (0.09)2.56 (0.07)2.60 (0.08)
 20142.42 (0.04)2.44 (0.04)2.37 (0.09)2.46 (0.07)2.43 (0.09)
 20172.35 (0.04)2.46 (0.04)2.27 (0.09)2.37 (0.08)2.32 (0.09)
Paid close attention
20112.56 (0.04)2.71 (0.04)2.54 (0.09)2.63 (0.06)2.36 (0.08)0.07<0.0010.63
 20132.50 (0.04)2.63 (0.04)2.37 (0.09)2.58 (0.07)2.42 (0.08)
 20142.41 (0.04)2.52 (0.04)2.36 (0.10)2.51 (0.08)2.23 (0.09)
 20172.39 (0.04)2.61 (0.04)2.31 (0.09)2.43 (0.08)2.21 (0.09)
Thought about warnings
 20112.49 (0.03)2.57 (0.04)2.44 (0.09)2.53 (0.06)2.42 (0.07)0.040.040.90
 20132.52 (0.03)2.60 (0.03)2.38 (0.09)2.60 (0.07)2.50 (0.08)
 20142.37 (0.04)2.44 (0.04)2.28 (0.09)2.51 (0.07)2.26 (0.08)
 20172.32 (0.04)2.47 (0.04)2.21 (0.09)2.30 (0.08)2.31 (0.09)
Talk about warnings
 20112.04 (0.03)2.06 (0.03)1.96 (0.08)2.12 (0.05)2.03 (0.07)0.100.170.25
 20131.97 (0.03)1.94 (0.03)1.78 (0.08)2.03 (0.06)2.13 (0.07)
 20141.93 (0.03)1.94 (0.03)1.89 (0.08)2.05 (0.07)1.85 (0.08)
 20171.91 (0.03)2.03 (0.03)1.79 (0.08)1.95 (0.07)1.86 (0.08)
  • Current smoker: smoked in past month.

  • Scale used to assess frequency: 1 ‘never’ to 5 ‘all the time’.

  • NSNS, non-susceptible never smoker; SNS, susceptible never smoker.