Worldviews and trust of sources for health information on electronic nicotine delivery systems: Effects on risk perceptions and use.

ABSTRACT: Public health agencies, the news media, and the tobacco/vapor industry have issued contradictory statements about the health effects of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). We investigated the levels of trust that consumers place in different information sources and how trust is associated with cultural worldviews, risk perceptions, ENDS use, and sociodemographic characteristics using a nationally representative sample of 6051 U.S. adults in 2015. Seventeen percent of adults were uncertain about their trust for one or more potential sources. Among the rest, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health experts, and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) elicited the highest levels of trust. In contrast, tobacco and vapor manufacturers, vape shop employees, and, to a le

SUBMITTER: Weaver SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769095 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature