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*We observed that the majority of current and previous product users estimated the harmfulness of nicotine and cigarettes alike. This has led to the misled conclusion that nicotine is responsible for the detrimental effects related to combustible tobacco consumption, even though science has found only very limited and often inconclusive evidence to date that nicotine is any more harmful than other legally consumed stimulants. | *We observed that the majority of current and previous product users estimated the harmfulness of nicotine and cigarettes alike. This has led to the misled conclusion that nicotine is responsible for the detrimental effects related to combustible tobacco consumption, even though science has found only very limited and often inconclusive evidence to date that nicotine is any more harmful than other legally consumed stimulants. | ||
*Contradictory statements by leading researchers supported by renowned funding agencies and misreporting by the media may further public confusion as people have stated they use the media as a source of health information. | *Contradictory statements by leading researchers supported by renowned funding agencies and misreporting by the media may further public confusion as people have stated they use the media as a source of health information. | ||
==Healthcare== | |||
===2023: [https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/South-Africa-Final-SERMO-Doctors-Survey-7-19-2023.pdf Doctors' Survey: South Africa results]=== | |||
*Physicians Have Misperceptions About Nicotine | |||
Participants were asked: “To what extent do you agree that nicotine by itself directly causes each of the smoking-related conditions below. The results include responses from “moderately agree” to “completely agree.” | |||
**82% - Nicotine causes lung cancer | |||
**81% - Nicotine causes COPD | |||
**62% - Nicotine causes birth defects | |||
**57% - Nicotine causes atherosclerosis | |||
**51% - Nicotine causes head/neck gastric cancers | |||
**42% - Nicotine causes bladder cancer | |||
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