Nicotine - Misperceptions, Misinformation, or Disinformation: Difference between revisions

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*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://stories.uq.edu.au/medicine/2020/clarifying-australia-s-youth-vaping-figures/index.html Clarifying Australia’s youth vaping figures]===
*The incorrect reporting of Australia’s purported ‘youth vaping epidemic’ has been used to argue for even tougher restrictions on access to nicotine vaping products. We should be restricting access to the nicotine product that causes the greatest harm in Australia, tobacco cigarettes. Cigarettes are still used by 2.9 million Australians who easily access them at retail outlets, despite being the leading preventable cause of disease burden.
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