Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Perception Differences of Rural Male Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Compare cigarette and smokeless tobacco (ST) perceptions within a youth population where ST use is common.

Methods

Male baseball players (N = 594) at 36 rural high schools in California rated separately 20 potential risks or benefits associated with cigarettes or ST, along with global harm ratings. Informed by principal components analysis, 3 composite categories were created: oral/rule-breaking risks (eg, mouth cancer, getting in trouble), systemic risks (eg, heart attack), and benefits (eg, relaxation). Standardized composite scores and harm ratings were compared by product and by tobacco use status.

Results

Cigarettes were perceived as likely to impart oral/rule-breaking risks and systemic risks, unlikely to cause benefits, and as very harmful overall. S

SUBMITTER: Chaffee BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097188 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature