Lead researcher
Melanie Wakefield, Sarah Durkin, Daniella Germain
Years funded
2007 to present
This series of experimental studies is examining how plainer packaging of cigarettes influences perceptions of cigarette brands among adult smokers and youth.
Two completed studies have demonstrated that, compared to current branded cigarette packs, packs that displayed progressively fewer branding design elements were perceived more unfavourably by adult smokers and adolescents in terms of appraisals of the packs, the smokers who might smoke such packs, and the inferred sensory experience of smoking a cigarette from these packs.
Current studies aim to assess the effects of plain vs branded packaging and current vs larger graphic health warnings on consumers' appraisals.
Contact: Melanie Wakefield at cbrc@cancervic.rorg.au
Publications: Effects of plain packaging on perceptions of brand image
Funding Body
Quit Victoria; National Health & Medical Research project grant