Public understanding of cigarette smoke constituents: three US surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Tobacco Control Act requires public disclosure of information about toxic constituents in cigarette smoke. To inform these efforts, we studied public understanding of cigarette smoke constituents.

Methods

We conducted phone surveys with national probability samples of adolescents (n=1125) and adults (n=5014) and an internet survey with a convenience sample of adults (n=4137), all in the USA. We assessed understanding of cigarette smoke constituents in general and of 24 specific constituents.

Results

Respondents commonly and incorrectly believed that harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke mostly originate in additives introduced by cigarette manufacturers (43-72%). Almost all participants had heard that nicotine is in cigarette smoke, and many had also h

SUBMITTER: Brewer NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5495614 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature