The Need for New Anti‐Smoking Advertising Strategies that Do Not Provoke Smoker Defiance

Authors

Joyce M. Wolburg, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

2 p.

Publication Date

2004

Publisher

Emerald

Source Publication

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Source ISSN

0736-3761

Abstract

The misguided effort to change the smoking behavior of college students using the same anti‐smoking messages created for young teens apparently stems from the misplaced marketing belief that ads designed to prevent young teens from smoking can also effectively encourage college‐student smokers to quit. When college students were asked to respond to current anti‐smoking messages, non‐smokers championed the anti‐smoking cause while smokers responded with defiance, denial, and other counter‐productive behaviors. These studies show that persuading legal‐age young adults to quit would require new message strategies which show greater respect for the individual, greater support for the effort in quitting, and ways to counter faulty logic.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 21, No. 3 (2004): 173-174. DOI. © 2004 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Wolburg, Joyce M., "The Need for New Anti‐Smoking Advertising Strategies that Do Not Provoke Smoker Defiance" (2004). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 336.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/336