Nicotine - Misperceptions, Misinformation, or Disinformation: Difference between revisions
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===2017: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170719173819/https://ash.org.uk/information-and-resources/fact-sheets/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-adults-in-great-britain-2017/ Use of e-cigarettes among adults in Great Britain 2017]=== | ===2017: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170719173819/https://ash.org.uk/information-and-resources/fact-sheets/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-adults-in-great-britain-2017/ Use of e-cigarettes among adults in Great Britain 2017]=== | ||
*In 2017 under a third of smokers understood that NRT was much less harmful than smoking. Among smokers, perceptions are also getting worse with only 20% accurately believing in 2017 that e-cigs are less harmful than smoking compared with 31% in 2015. | *In 2017 under a third of smokers understood that NRT was much less harmful than smoking. Among smokers, perceptions are also getting worse with only 20% accurately believing in 2017 that e-cigs are less harmful than smoking compared with 31% in 2015. | ||
===2017: [https://t.co/6O2tvGfPO4 RSPH - Targeting the supply and sale of e-cigarettes to smokers]=== | |||
*Among smokers who have never vaped, only 1 in 8 (12%) correctly believe e-cigarettes are a lot less harmful than cigarettes. | |||
===2015: [https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html Nicotine “no more harmful to health than caffeine”]=== | ===2015: [https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/nicotine--no-more-harmful-to-health-than-caffeine-.html Nicotine “no more harmful to health than caffeine”]=== | ||