Australia requires tobacco companies to feature graphic health warnings on cigarette packets. In a perception context, this is to try to combat _____ where people no longer pay attention to the warning labels on packets.

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Perceptual defence is the tendency for people to unconsciously block out or distort information that is threatening to them. In the case of cigarette packets, smokers may develop a perceptual defence mechanism where they no longer pay attention to the warning labels on packets. The use of graphic health warnings is an attempt to overcome this defence mechanism and get smokers to pay more attention to the health risks associated with smoking.

Australia Requires Tobacco Companies to Feature Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette