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: Opinion: [https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/360111-america-needs-a-candid-smoking-control-champion/ America needs a candid smoking control champion]=== | |||
*Unfortunately, misinformation about nicotine abounds. The majority of Americans wrongly believe that e-cigarettes are at least as harmful as cigarettes. | |||
*But current and future smokers, who are the ones in immediate peril, must also be able to make decisions based on truthful information about how new smokeless products differ in their relative harms from smoked tobacco. | |||
*A purist stance misleads the public into thinking that all tobacco products are equally harmful. | |||