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

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==Health Care==
==Health Care==


===2023: [https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/USA-Final-SERMO-Doctors-Survey-7-19-2023.pdf Doctors' Survey: USA results]===
===2023: [https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/USA-Final-SERMO-Doctors-Survey-7-19-2023.pdf Doctors' Survey: USA results]===
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**66% - Nicotine causes COPD
**66% - Nicotine causes COPD


===2023: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628223000031?via%3Dihub College health providers' knowledge and confidence in addressing students' vaping: Evidence from a pilot study in New York State]===
*More than half (64%; n = 32) of providers indicated they do not know what type of product students on their campus are vaping most often (nicotine or cannabis.
*In fact, when further asked about the harms and messaging surrounding e-cigarettes, most providers (68%; n = 32) indicated that e-cigarettes are “just as harmful as cigarettes and should not be recommended as a safer alternative for smokers;”
*In a separate question, when presented with two options about the messaging of e-cigarettes, college health providers largely favored (85%; n = 40) messaging that e-cigarettes are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.


===2022: [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2791164 Communication Between US Physicians and Patients Regarding Electronic Cigarette Use]===
===2022: [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2791164 Communication Between US Physicians and Patients Regarding Electronic Cigarette Use]===
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*It is critical to address physician nicotine misperceptions and to correct misperceptions regarding the relative harm of various tobacco products as more modified-risk tobacco products may be introduced through an FDA authorization process.
*It is critical to address physician nicotine misperceptions and to correct misperceptions regarding the relative harm of various tobacco products as more modified-risk tobacco products may be introduced through an FDA authorization process.
*[https://twitter.com/CrisDelnevo/status/1514999731474288643 Twitter thread by Cristine D. Delnevo, PhD, MPH about the study]
*[https://twitter.com/CrisDelnevo/status/1514999731474288643 Twitter thread by Cristine D. Delnevo, PhD, MPH about the study]


===2021: [https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/14/7713/htm Persistent Misperceptions about Nicotine among US Physicians: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment]===
===2021: [https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/14/7713/htm Persistent Misperceptions about Nicotine among US Physicians: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment]===
*Question wording is important when measuring physicians’ beliefs about nicotine; however, even after accounting for question version, misperceptions about the direct health effects of nicotine were common and varied by sex and specialty.
*Question wording is important when measuring physicians’ beliefs about nicotine; however, even after accounting for question version, misperceptions about the direct health effects of nicotine were common and varied by sex and specialty.


===2021: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jdd.12788 Nicotine-related misperceptions among faculty and students at a Midwestern dental school]===
===2021: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jdd.12788 Nicotine-related misperceptions among faculty and students at a Midwestern dental school]===
*The response rate for faculty was 55.1% and that for students was 37.5%. The majority of faculty and students “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that nicotine causes cancer, birth defects, cardiovascular disease, oral inflammation, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
*The response rate for faculty was 55.1% and that for students was 37.5%. The majority of faculty and students “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that nicotine causes cancer, birth defects, cardiovascular disease, oral inflammation, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
*Dental school faculty and students linked the risks of smoking tobacco to nicotine. Based on the results of this study, we feel our institution's curriculum should consider including information specific to nicotine in addition to tobacco in general.
*Dental school faculty and students linked the risks of smoking tobacco to nicotine. Based on the results of this study, we feel our institution's curriculum should consider including information specific to nicotine in addition to tobacco in general.


===2020: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06172-8 Nicotine Risk Misperception Among US Physicians]===
===2020: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06172-8 Nicotine Risk Misperception Among US Physicians]===
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*Rutgers Article: [https://www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-led-national-survey-uncovers-doctors-misconceptions-about-nicotine-risks Researchers say physicians need to understand accurate nicotine risks better to assist patients addicted to the most harmful tobacco products]
*Rutgers Article: [https://www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-led-national-survey-uncovers-doctors-misconceptions-about-nicotine-risks Researchers say physicians need to understand accurate nicotine risks better to assist patients addicted to the most harmful tobacco products]
*Filter Article: [https://filtermag.org/doctors-nicotine-tobacco/ Majority of Surveyed Doctors Misattribute Tobacco Harms to Nicotine]
*Filter Article: [https://filtermag.org/doctors-nicotine-tobacco/ Majority of Surveyed Doctors Misattribute Tobacco Harms to Nicotine]


===2015: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111908/ Healthcare Providers’ Beliefs and Attitudes About Electronic Cigarettes and Preventive Counseling for Adolescent Patients]===
===2015: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111908/ Healthcare Providers’ Beliefs and Attitudes About Electronic Cigarettes and Preventive Counseling for Adolescent Patients]===
*The most frequently cited sources of information about e-cigarettes were patients, news stories, and advertisements, rather than professional sources.
*The most frequently cited sources of information about e-cigarettes were patients, news stories, and advertisements, rather than professional sources.


===2007: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17558822/ Nurses' knowledge about the risk of light cigarettes and other tobacco "harm reduction" strategies]===
===2007: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17558822/ Nurses' knowledge about the risk of light cigarettes and other tobacco "harm reduction" strategies]===