Nicotine - Misperceptions, Misinformation, or Disinformation: Difference between revisions
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*Higher risk perceptions of e-cigarettes could deter current smokers from using e-cigarettes as a cessation aid of smoking combustible cigarettes and preventing a potential public health benefit. | *Higher risk perceptions of e-cigarettes could deter current smokers from using e-cigarettes as a cessation aid of smoking combustible cigarettes and preventing a potential public health benefit. | ||
*The finding that the higher percentages of adults, including current smokers, misperceived e-cigarettes to be equally or more harmful than cigarettes between 2012 and 2015 may be stemming from misinformed media stories | *The finding that the higher percentages of adults, including current smokers, misperceived e-cigarettes to be equally or more harmful than cigarettes between 2012 and 2015 may be stemming from misinformed media stories | ||
===2017: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316456914_Nicotine_and_E-cigarette_Beliefs_and_Policy_Support_among_US_Smokers_and_Nonsmokers Nicotine and E-cigarette Beliefs and Policy Support among US Smokers and Nonsmokers]=== | |||
*Whereas perception of harm associated with e-cigarettes was significantly lower for smokers than for nonsmokers, most respondents (80%), regardless of current smoking status, believed that nicotine is the primary disease-causing agent in tobacco products (nicotine harm perception). | |||
*In multivariable analyses, believing that e-cigarettes were more harmful was associated with greater support for bans on indoor e-cigarette use, use in cars with children present, and a ban on e-cigarette sales to minors. As beliefs about e-cigarette harm increased, there was less support for a differentiated tax structure for e-cigarettes relative to combustible cigarettes. | |||