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*Misunderstands “dual-use”. | *Misunderstands “dual-use”. | ||
*Asserts a “gateway effect” but there is more likely to be a diversion away from smoking. | *Asserts a “gateway effect” but there is more likely to be a diversion away from smoking. | ||
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==Consumers== | |||
===2010: [https://thorax.bmj.com/content/66/4/353 Smokers commonly misperceive that nicotine is a major carcinogen: National survey data]=== | |||
*These findings are concerning since misperceptions about nicotine may result in underutilisation of NRT. Therefore, we aimed to assess these views in New Zealand (NZ) smokers, with the context being a country in which NRT is provided in a heavily subsidised form and widely distributed via the national quitline service. | |||
*When asked if ‘the nicotine in cigarettes is the chemical that causes most of the cancer?’, most smokers in wave 1 (52.6%) said that it was true, 36.7% said it was false (the correct answer) and 10.7% could not say. The proportion answering ‘true’ was fairly similar in wave 2 at 52.1%. In a multivariate model (that adjusted for demographics, socioeconomic position, mental health and smoking-related beliefs and behaviours), certain groups of smokers were significantly more likely to believe that nicotine was carcinogenic. These included older smokers (≥50 vs <35 years); Māori smokers (vs European/other, adjusted OR (aOR)=1.77, 95% CI 1.22 to 2.58); and Asian smokers (vs European/other, aOR=3.25, 95% CI 1.35 to 7.83). | |||
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