Harm perceptions of e-cigarettes and other nicotine products in a UK sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

E-cigarettes (EC) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) are less harmful than smoking, but misperceptions of relative harm are common. Aims were to (1) assess nicotine knowledge and perceptions of: harm of EC and NRT relative to smoking, addictiveness of EC relative to smoking, and change in harm to user if smoking replaced with EC; (2) define associations of these perceptions with respondent characteristics including nicotine knowledge; and (3) explore perceived main harms of EC and whether these differ by vaping status.

Design

Analyses were: (1) frequencies; (2) logistic regressions of perceptions of relative harm, addictiveness and change in harm onto demographics, smoking and vaping status and nicotine knowledge (attributing cancer or health risks of

SUBMITTER: Wilson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6491935 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature