Nicotine - Misperceptions, Misinformation, or Disinformation: Difference between revisions
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*Large proportions of UK smokers and ex-smokers overestimate the relative harmfulness of e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapy compared with smoking; misattributing smoking harms to nicotine is associated with increased misperceptions. | *Large proportions of UK smokers and ex-smokers overestimate the relative harmfulness of e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapy compared with smoking; misattributing smoking harms to nicotine is associated with increased misperceptions. | ||
*eCancer Article: [https://ecancer.org/en/news/15250-misperceptions-about-vaping-common-among-uk-smokers Misperceptions about vaping common among UK smokers] | *eCancer Article: [https://ecancer.org/en/news/15250-misperceptions-about-vaping-common-among-uk-smokers Misperceptions about vaping common among UK smokers] | ||
**"Lead researcher Dr Leonie Brose, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, said 'Tobacco cigarettes kill over half of those who smoke long-term, yet very few people know that nicotine is not the direct cause of smoking-related death and disease. We found those people who think nicotine is to blame for harms from smoking are more likely to think e-cigarettes and NRT are just as bad as smoking.'" | |||
**"Knowledge about nicotine was particularly poor, with nearly nine out of ten misattributing a greater portion of the risk in smoking to nicotine, and nearly four out of ten wrongly believing nicotine is what causes cancer from smoking." | |||