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==Consumers== | |||
===2022: [https://consumerchoicecenter.org/tobacco-harm-reduction-and-nicotine-perceptions/ TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION AND NICOTINE PERCEPTIONS]=== | |||
*People consume nicotine, but they die from smoking. Many consumers and doctors mistakenly believe that nicotine causes various illnesses, while it is proven that the many other toxins in smoking are the reason for them. | |||
*33% of smokers in France and 43% in Germany say that vaping is as harmful or more harmful than cigarettes and 6% of smokers in France and 21% of smokers in Germany say they don’t even know what vaping is. | |||
*While 9% of smokers in both countries wrongly consider vaping the most harmful nicotine product, a staggering 11% of smokers perceive cigarettes as the least harmful product. | |||
*69% of smokers in France and 74% of smokers in Germany believe nicotine causes cancer. | |||
*[https://consumerchoicecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Tobacco_HarmReduction_Nicotine_Perceptions_policy_paper_2022.pdf PDF of Report] | |||
==Health Care== | ==Health Care== | ||
===2023: [https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Germany-Final-Doctors-Survey-7-19-2023.pdf Doctors' Survey: Germany results]=== | ===2023: [https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Germany-Final-Doctors-Survey-7-19-2023.pdf Doctors' Survey: Germany results]=== | ||
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**77% - Nicotine causes lung cancer | **77% - Nicotine causes lung cancer | ||
**74% - Nicotine causes bladder cancer | **74% - Nicotine causes bladder cancer | ||
===2009: [https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article-abstract/11/1/92/1042977 Medical students lack basic knowledge about smoking: Findings from two European medical schools]=== | ===2009: [https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article-abstract/11/1/92/1042977 Medical students lack basic knowledge about smoking: Findings from two European medical schools]=== | ||
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