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=== 2023: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871623000625 Change in E-cigarette risk perception and smoking behavior of Black and Latinx individuals who smoke.] ===
===2023: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37137702/ Older age is associated with greater misperception of the relative health risk of e-cigarettes and cigarettes among US adults who smoke]===
* This is a secondary data analysis of Dr. Ahluwalia’s important work testing e-cigarettes for smoking cessation among Black and Latinx adults, examining the association between risk perceptions of e-cigarettes and cigarettes smoked per week (CPW):
*Misperceptions about the absolute risks (ie, cigarettes are not harmful) and relative risks (ie, e-cigarettes are more harmful than cigarettes) of tobacco products may contribute to sustained smoking prevalence and hesitancy to switch from cigarettes to e-cigarettes among older adults.
* Results: The mean CPW decreased from 82.8 (SD=49.8) at baseline to 15.8 (SD=29.8) at week 6. A one-level increase in EC risk perception (i.e., EC perceived as riskier than CC from baseline to week 6) was associated with an increase in CPW (IRR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.03; 3.24). Latinx participants were more likely to have higher CPW as EC risk perception increased compared to Black participants (IRR=1.89, 95% CI: 1.09; 3.26).
*Citation: Rubenstein, D., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Cornacchione Ross, J., Carroll, D. M., & McClernon, F. J. (2023). Older age is associated with greater misperception of the relative health risk of e-cigarettes and cigarettes among US adults who smoke. Tobacco control, tc-2023-057943. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-057943
* This is a dramatic short-term decrease in cigarettes per week, of over 80%; such reductions have been associated with improvements in health. However, this study shows that risk perceptions might inhibit some of this progress, even among those who are already using e-cigarettes in a cessation trial. In other words, even after getting over the potential hurdle of starting e-cigarette use (which itself can be impacted by risk perceptions), risk perceptions also play a role “downstream” in later stages of the possible switching process.
* Lee SC, Maglalang DD, Avila JC, Leavens ELS, Nollen NL, Pulvers K, Ahluwalia JS. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Feb 26;245:109824. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109824. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36857841


===2023: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871623000625 Change in E-cigarette risk perception and smoking behavior of Black and Latinx individuals who smoke.] ===
*Results: The mean CPW [Cigarettes Smoked Per Week] decreased from 82.8 (SD=49.8) at baseline to 15.8 (SD=29.8) at week 6. A one-level increase in EC [E-cigarette] risk perception (i.e., EC perceived as riskier than CC [Combustible Cigarettes] from baseline to week 6) was associated with an increase in CPW (IRR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.03; 3.24). Latinx participants were more likely to have higher CPW as EC risk perception increased compared to Black participants (IRR=1.89, 95% CI: 1.09; 3.26).
*Citation: Lee SC, Maglalang DD, Avila JC, Leavens ELS, Nollen NL, Pulvers K, Ahluwalia JS. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Feb 26;245:109824. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109824. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36857841


===2022: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36482754/ Unintended Consequences: Testing the Effects of Adolescent-Targeted Anti-Vaping Media upon Adult Smokers]===
===2022: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36482754/ Unintended Consequences: Testing the Effects of Adolescent-Targeted Anti-Vaping Media upon Adult Smokers]===
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