Smoker interest in lower harm alternatives to cigarettes: national survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study was to examine knowledge and attitudes to lower harm alternatives to cigarettes among New Zealand (NZ) smokers.

Methods

The NZ arm of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Survey (ITC Project) utilizes the NZ Health Survey (a national sample). From this sample, we surveyed adult smokers (N = 1,376).

Results

Knowledge about smokeless tobacco was poor, with only 16% regarding such products as less harmful than ordinary cigarettes. Only 7% considered such products to be "a lot less" harmful. When participants were asked to assume that these products were much less harmful than cigarettes, 34% of smokers stated that they would be interested in trying smokeless tobacco products, with another 11% saying "maybe" or "don't know

SUBMITTER: Wilson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2904262 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature