October 31, 2016 Smoking and Pictorial Warning Labels: What Does the Evidence Show? Although U.S. legislation mandated the use of pictorial warnings in 2009, efforts to implement the labels by the FDA have been stymied by tobacco-industry court challenges. This issue brief reviews research into the use of graphic or pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages as a means to highlight the risks of this product. READ MORE Health Communication Issue Briefs
September 30, 2016 Drug Prevention in Schools: Mandatory Random Drug Testing This issue brief, issued in September 2013 and updated in 2016, reviews what is known about the best ways to prevent drug abuse in middle and high school youth with particular attention to the recent interest in mandatory random drug testing (MRDT).READ MORE Health Communication Issue Briefs
September 19, 2016 Presidential Debates: What’s Behind the Numbers? Although audience data have tracked trends in presidential general election debate viewership over the years, they often fail to reveal how much and how many of the debates people actually watch — and why people do or do not watch the debates. Using multiple research methods, including Nielsen viewership data, a national survey, and focus groups, this white paper answers these questions.READ MORE Political Communication White Papers