* Emotional graphic cigarette warning labels reduce the electrophysiological brain response to smoking cues.
- There is an ongoing public debate about the new graphic warning labels (GWLs) that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes to place on cigarette packs. Tobacco companies argued that the strongly emotional images FDA proposed to include in the GWLs encroached on their constitutional rights. The court ruled that FDA did not provide sufficient scientific evidence of compelling public interest in such encroachment. This study's objectives were to examine the effects of the GWLs on the electrophysiological and behavioral correlates of smoking addiction and to determine whether labels rated higher on the emotional reaction (ER) scale are associated with greater effects. We studied 25 non-treatment-seeking smokers. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while participants viewed a random sequence of paired images, in which visual smoking (Cues) or non-smoking (non-Cues) images were preceded by GWLs or neutral images. Participants reported their cigarette craving after viewing each pair. Dependent variables were magnitude of P300 ERPs and self-reported cigarette craving in response to Cues. We found that subjective craving response to Cues was significantly reduced by preceding GWLs, whereas the P300 amplitude response to Cues was reduced only by preceding GWLs rated high on the ER scale. In conclusion, our study provides experimental neuroscience evidence that weighs in on the ongoing public and legal debate about how to balance the constitutional and public health aspects of the FDA-proposed GWLs. The high toll of smoking-related illness and death adds urgency to the debate and prompts consideration of our findings while longitudinal studies of GWLs are underway.
=>供給する, 与える, 規定する, 条件とする, 準備する, 用意する, 扶養する, 援助する
Overview of verb provide
The verb provide has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (270) supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided
the room with an electrical heater")
2. (25) provide, supply, ply, cater -- (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests")
3. (14) provide -- (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including
a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the
money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech")
4. (2) put up, provide, offer -- (mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance")
5. leave, allow for, allow, provide -- (make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one
conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for
lots of leeway")
6. provide, bring home the bacon -- (supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for
his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but
also bring home the bacon")
7. provide -- (take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on
the cruise ship")
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