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Changes in the harm perceptions of different types of tobacco products for youth and adults: Waves 1–5 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–2019.

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Title: Changes in the harm perceptions of different types of tobacco products for youth and adults: Waves 1–5 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–2019.
Authors: Bansal-Travers, Maansi1 (AUTHOR), Rivard, Cheryl1 (AUTHOR) cheryl.rivard@roswellpark.org, Anesetti-Rothermel, Andrew2 (AUTHOR), Morse, Aura Lee2 (AUTHOR), Salim, Anikah H.2 (AUTHOR), Xiao, Haijun2 (AUTHOR), Zandberg, Izabella2 (AUTHOR), Creamer, MeLisa R.3 (AUTHOR), Kimmel, Heather L.3 (AUTHOR), Sharma, Eva4 (AUTHOR), Taylor, Kristie4 (AUTHOR), Hyland, Andrew1 (AUTHOR), Fong, Geoffrey T.5,6 (AUTHOR)
Source: Addictive Behaviors. Jan2025, Vol. 160, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Subject Terms: Tobacco products, Smoking, Tobacco use, Cigarettes, Medical communication
Abstract: • Tobacco harm perceptions are changing over time, along with the tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment. • Perceptions about the relative level of harm of non-combustible tobacco products to be increasing. • These findings can also help inform the dissemination of health communication materials about the continuum of risk. Tobacco harm perceptions are associated with tobacco use for both youth and adults, but it is unknown how these harm perceptions have changed over time in a changing tobacco product landscape. Data from Waves 1–5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study were analyzed to examine perceptions of harm of eight non-cigarette tobacco products compared to cigarettes. Perceptions of harm were assessed with the questions, "Is smoking/using [product] less harmful, about the same, or more harmful than smoking cigarettes?". The share of participants who perceived non-cigarette combustible products as posing similar harm to cigarettes increased over time, while the share of participants who perceived non-combustible products as less harmful than cigarettes decreased over time. Tobacco harm perceptions are changing over time, along with the tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:• Tobacco harm perceptions are changing over time, along with the tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment. • Perceptions about the relative level of harm of non-combustible tobacco products to be increasing. • These findings can also help inform the dissemination of health communication materials about the continuum of risk. Tobacco harm perceptions are associated with tobacco use for both youth and adults, but it is unknown how these harm perceptions have changed over time in a changing tobacco product landscape. Data from Waves 1–5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study were analyzed to examine perceptions of harm of eight non-cigarette tobacco products compared to cigarettes. Perceptions of harm were assessed with the questions, "Is smoking/using [product] less harmful, about the same, or more harmful than smoking cigarettes?". The share of participants who perceived non-cigarette combustible products as posing similar harm to cigarettes increased over time, while the share of participants who perceived non-combustible products as less harmful than cigarettes decreased over time. Tobacco harm perceptions are changing over time, along with the tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:03064603
DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108168