(Impact of Brief Nicotine Messaging on Nicotine-Related Beliefs in a U.S. Sample) |
|||
| Line 135: | Line 135: | ||
*Current adult smokers appear to be poorly informed about the relative risks of e-cigarettes yet have potentially the most to gain from transitioning to these products. | *Current adult smokers appear to be poorly informed about the relative risks of e-cigarettes yet have potentially the most to gain from transitioning to these products. | ||
*The findings of this study emphasise the urgent need to accurately communicate the reduced relative risk of e-cigarettes compared to continued cigarette smoking and clearly differentiate absolute and relative harms. | *The findings of this study emphasise the urgent need to accurately communicate the reduced relative risk of e-cigarettes compared to continued cigarette smoking and clearly differentiate absolute and relative harms. | ||
===2019: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756180/ Impact of Brief Nicotine Messaging on Nicotine-Related Beliefs in a U.S. Sample]=== | |||
*Public education is an essential complement to the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to move smokers away from combusted tobacco products and prevent non-users from trying nicotine and tobacco products. | |||
*Following exposure, nicotine education participants reported fewer false beliefs about nicotine, nicotine replacement therapies, e-cigarettes, and reduced nicotine cigarettes compared with the control conditions. | |||
*Nicotine messaging doubled the probability of a correct response (false, 78.3% vs 36.8%) to nicotine is a cause of cancer and dramatically reduced the probability of responding don’t know to this item (5.3% vs 26.0%). | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
edits