Risk perceptions and continued smoking as a function of cigarette filter ventilation level among US youth and young adults who smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While evidence demonstrates that the industry's marketing of cigarettes with higher filter ventilation (FV) misleads adults about their health risks, there is no research on the relationships between FV, risk perceptions and smoking trajectories among youth (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-24).

Methods

Data on FV levels of major US cigarette brands/sub-brands were merged with the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study to examine whether FV level in cigarettes used by wave 1 youth/young adults (n=1970) predicted continued smoking at waves 2-4, and whether those relationships were mediated by perceived risk of their cigarette brand. FV was modelled based on tertiles (0.2%-11.8%, low; 11.9%-23.2%, moderate; 23.3%-61.1%, high) to predict daily smoking

SUBMITTER: Carroll DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160200 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature