tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post2866617989679196027..comments2024-01-21T11:55:47.362+01:00Comments on The All Results Journals: Negative results in anti-smoking ads: Law of Unintended ConsequencesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-10504446513730531052013-01-14T21:26:09.951+01:002013-01-14T21:26:09.951+01:00More and more campaigns were made for “anti-smokin...More and more campaigns were made for “anti-smoking.” Some anti-smoking campaigns include banning smokers in a certain parameter, or if caught they will be given penalties and the most common is the usage of disrupting images found in the boxes of cigarette. In South Korea, their aim is to stop the smoking madness by strengthening their advocacy against smoking and promote more smoking warnings.April Thomashttp://www.lockerlogic.com/author/aprilthomas556.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-31094795097250053972012-04-23T18:36:43.777+02:002012-04-23T18:36:43.777+02:00Yeah, I read about this, apparently people react b...Yeah, I read about this, apparently people react better to messages like "Smoking makes you look bad" than to warnings about potential fatal consequences. That says a lot about our priorities, I guess...Viahttp://ecigarettereviewsite.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-2564620140123070562011-09-26T22:06:51.214+02:002011-09-26T22:06:51.214+02:00Basically, an image can be so disturbing that its ...Basically, an image can be so disturbing that its underlying message is ignored. Interesting difference between fear response and informed thinking.Richard Harperhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=36409228&authType=name&authToken=skir&trk=anet_mfeed_profilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-2387059445093946492011-09-26T17:59:33.287+02:002011-09-26T17:59:33.287+02:00That is absolutely correct, and the statement is m...That is absolutely correct, and the statement is merely a tabloidization of a typically wanted response from the debate.<br /><br />However, in this case the use of disturbing imagery was NOT intended to motivate people to take in facts about the dangers of smoking, but simply to engrain a counter-emotion to any knee-jerk reactions to restrictive legislation. The intention is not to invoke Kristoffer Robin Haughttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=24042799&authType=name&authToken=gN6i&trk=anet_mfeed_profilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-20854311782148045712011-09-26T17:58:36.589+02:002011-09-26T17:58:36.589+02:00To Kristoffer,
Regarding your very compelling rati...To Kristoffer,<br />Regarding your very compelling rationale , "How can you be against a law that protects the employees at the local pub from the scary lung-tar they showed on TV?":<br />the study seems to indicate that the unconscious mammal brain response to fear and disgust can obliterate - in the short reaction time allowed by ads - the very rationality of your statement.<br />It Nicole Herbots, i.r., PhD UCLhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1398185&authType=name&authToken=4HM6&trk=anet_mfeed_profilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-88628514361245443572011-09-26T17:29:24.424+02:002011-09-26T17:29:24.424+02:00Maybe people just don't like being nagged and ...Maybe people just don't like being nagged and lectured to by complete and total strangers about what to do with their lives.<br /><br />Why not just accept that there are legal products out there called tabacco cigarettes and that some people like to use them. I think that simple policy would significantly reduce the level of angst and discord for all involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-27466306188352581062011-09-26T13:52:50.250+02:002011-09-26T13:52:50.250+02:00A very interesting study. If I understand the conc...A very interesting study. If I understand the conclusion correctly, they have found that emotional responses to fear and disgust may prevent the brain from memorizing the accompanying facts the campaign tries to imprint into the reciever. <br /><br />If directed at smokers, the cognitive dissonans between the message conveyed and their own habits may also turn on denial mechanisms to rationalize Kristoffer Robin Haughttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=24042799&authType=name&authToken=gN6i&trk=anet_mfeed_profilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318320752464969402.post-71999967926369740142011-09-25T20:23:49.528+02:002011-09-25T20:23:49.528+02:00This rather convincing study shows that in the fie...This rather convincing study shows that in the field of public health education and outreach "one does not attract flies with vinegar". <br /><br />It seems to sat that too explicit medical truths about negative health consequences can backfire if presented too directly/abruptly at the onset. <br /><br />Interestingly, people who have witnessed a loved one long painful death of lung Nicole Herbots, i.r., PhD UCL •http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1398185&authType=name&authToken=4HM6&trk=anet_mfeed_profilenoreply@blogger.com