Scared straight? Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction

Thompson, Lee; Barnett, Jon; Pearce, Jamie

doi:10.1080/13698570902784281

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“…Smokers are highly aware of their status as 'disgusting' and 'deviant' that is perpetuated via some anti-tobacco campaigns (Thompson and Kumar 2011;Thompson, Barnett and Pearce 2009). Fat people have commented on the abuse and discrimination they have endured, not only from strangers but also at the hands of family members since the intensification of public discourse on the risks of obesity, including the representation of fat bodies as diseased and grotesque in public health campaigns.…”

Section: Ethical Moral and Political Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite these findings, the authors then go on to advocate future research into how best to use shame as a motivating emotion (in their words, how it might be 'usefully deployed') in such campaigns (Brennan and Binney 2010). Target audiences may also feel resentment and defensiveness towards the use of disgust tactics, a sense of defeat and even anger and defiance, vowing to continue their behaviour in the face of obvious strategies to persuade them otherwise (Thompson and Kumar 2011;Thompson, Barnett and Pearce 2009).…”

Section: Ethical Moral and Political Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The pedagogy of disgust: the ethical, moral and political implications of using disgust in public health campaigns

Lupton

2014

Critical Public Health

130

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The developers of public health campaigns have often attempted to elicit disgust to persuade members of their target audiences to change their behaviour in the interests of their health. In this critical essay, I seek to problematise this taken-for-granted and unquestioned tactic. I assert that the pedagogy of disgust in public health campaigns has significant ethical, moral and political implications. In outlining my argument, the literature on the social, cultural and political elements of disgust is drawn upon. I also draw more specifically on scholarship demonstrating the ways in which disgust has operated in relation to health and medical issues to reinforce stigmatisation and discrimination against individuals and groups who are positioned as disgusting. It is concluded that advocates of using such tactics should be aware of the challenge they pose to human dignity and their perpetuation of the Self and Other binary opposition that reinforces negative attitudes towards already disadvantaged and marginalised individuals and social groups.

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Section: Ethical Moral and Political Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethical Moral and Political Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The pedagogy of disgust: the ethical, moral and political implications of using disgust in public health campaigns

Lupton

2014

Critical Public Health

130

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“…This result is in line with those of Simpson (1992). As such, unethical ads may have a very negative impact in the short and long term (Hyman and Tansey, 1990;Thompson, Barnett and Pearce, 2009;Eckart, 2011;Palmer-Mehta, 2009). In addition, the perception of ethical advertising is dependent on self-efficacy.…”

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Effect of the Self-Efficacy on the Perceived Ethicality of Fear Appeals in Anti-Tobacco Advertising

Saadellaoui¹,

Gharbi²

2014

JMRCS

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The Literature agrees that fear appeals are effective to attract attention and create motivation to quit smoking. However, theses threatening messages can easily raise ethical issues. This article outlines some ethical issues about the use of fear appeals. Also, it tries to understand the effect of perceived self-efficacy of smokers on the ethical judgment of scary advertising. The experimental study that we have conducted reveals that fear appeals are perceived ethical if smokers feel able to implement the recommendation of the message sender. Both the theoretical contributions managerial implications of such a result will be discussed in this paper.

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“…Il est aussi constitué de « Hard core smokers », fumeurs fortement dépendants, gros consommateurs, ayant débuté leur tabagisme précocement, souvent co-consommateurs de substances psychoactives, mais peu motivés à s'arrê-ter de fumer et peu conscients des dangers induits par leur tabagisme. Des auteurs [57] ont imaginé que le snus pouvait être une solution appropriée aux « Hard core smokers », afin de limiter chez ces derniers les conséquences respiratoires de la fumée de tabac. Une étude réalisée en Norvège sur un échan-tillon représentatif du fumeur âgé de 20 à 50 ans s'est intéressé à leurs préférences en matière d'aide à l'arrêt du tabagisme [58].…”

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Le snus

2012

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The use of snus (smokeless tobacco) can be detrimental to health. Containing carcinogenic nitrosamines (Swedish snus do not contain nitrosamine). Snus delivers rapidly high doses of nicotine which can lead to dependence. It do not induce bronchial carcinoma differently smoked tobacco. Lesions usually develop in the area of the mouth where the snus is placed. Non-malignant oral lesions include leukoedema, hyperkeratotic lesions of the oral mucosa and localised periodontal disease. The most frequently occurring premalignant lesion is leukoplakia. Studies reveal conflicting evidence about the risk of oral and gastroesophageal cancer with regard to snus users. However, the use of snus has proved to be a risk factor in developing pancreatic cancer and increases the risk of fatal myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. During pregnancy, snus is associated with an increased risk of pre-eclampsia and premature delivery. Nicotine substitution therapy and bupropion and varenicline reduce withdrawal symptoms and tobacco craving during snus cessation. However, they have not been shown to assist in long-term abstinence. Information concerning potential hazards of using snus products must be incorporated into health educational programmes in order to discourage its use. Snus is not a recommended product to help in stopping to smoke.

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Scared straight? Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction

Cited by 66 publications

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The pedagogy of disgust: the ethical, moral and political implications of using disgust in public health campaigns

The pedagogy of disgust: the ethical, moral and political implications of using disgust in public health campaigns

Effect of the Self-Efficacy on the Perceived Ethicality of Fear Appeals in Anti-Tobacco Advertising

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