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*We analyzed data from 1,315 current daily smokers (10+ cigarettes per day) who were recruited at Wave 1 (2016), and who reported making a quit attempt by Wave 2 (2018) of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States. | *We analyzed data from 1,315 current daily smokers (10+ cigarettes per day) who were recruited at Wave 1 (2016), and who reported making a quit attempt by Wave 2 (2018) of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States. | ||
*Consistent with past studies,our findings confirm that harm perceptions influence nicotine product use, with accurate perceptions associated with greater likelihood of use as a smoking cessation aid, whereas inaccurate perceptions appear to deter their use for this purpose. | *Consistent with past studies,our findings confirm that harm perceptions influence nicotine product use, with accurate perceptions associated with greater likelihood of use as a smoking cessation aid, whereas inaccurate perceptions appear to deter their use for this purpose. | ||
===2022: [https://nrgppi.org/recent-research/what-are-people-s-views-about-the-risks-of-vaping What are people’s views about the risks of vaping? Findings from conversations with the public.]=== | |||
*The graph (see website) shows that since 2013 there has been an increase in people inaccurately thinking that vaping is equally or more harmful than smoking among adults in Great Britain. | |||
*People were asked what they thought was causing this increase in inaccurate beliefs: | |||
**‘Youth vaping epidemic’ (the increase in youth vaping, particularly seen in the US) and increasing perceptions that vaping is for younger people | |||
**Misinformation about vaping (for example, that it can cause popcorn lung) | |||
**Negative news stories about vaping | |||
**Increasing disapproval of vaping | |||
**Vaping becoming the ‘new smoking’ (smoking becoming less prevalent while vaping becomes more prevalent, so there’s less to compare vaping to / less of a ‘negative comparison’) | |||
**Increasing discussions and education in school about ‘negative consequences of vaping’ | |||
**Desensitisation to public health messaging about the reduced harm of vaping relative to smoking | |||
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