ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2012
Association between willingness to use snus to quit smoking and perception of relative risk between snus and cigarettes.
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- The Impact of Smokeless Tobacco Risk Information on Smokers' Risk Perceptions and Use Intentions: A News Media Experiment.Health communication · 2019Trial
- Snus undermines quit attempts but not abstinence: a randomised clinical trial among US smokers.Tobacco control · 2017Trial
- A longitudinal, naturalistic study of U.S. smokers' trial and adoption of snus.Addictive behaviors · 2016Trial
- Perceived Health Risks of Snus and Medicinal Nicotine Products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Public education about the relative harm of tobacco products: an intervention for tobacco control professionals.Tobacco control · 2014Trial
- Assessing quit interest and the correlates and preferred ways of quitting snus in Norway: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Intention to purchase alternative tobacco products as a function of smoking status and responses to advertising, packaging, and sensory experiences.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Smokers' perceptions of risks and harm from snus relative to cigarettes: A latent profile analysis study.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Relative Risk Perceptions between Snus and Cigarettes in a Snus-Prevalent Society-An Observational Study over a 16 Year Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Observational
- Cigarette graphic warning labels increase both risk perceptions and smoking myth endorsement.Psychology & health · 2018Article
- Perceptions of Snus Among US Adult Smokers Given Free Product.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
- Do never smokers make up an increasing share of snus users as cigarette smoking declines? Changes in smoking status among male snus users in Norway 2003-15.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Article
- How has the availability of snus influenced cigarette smoking in Norway?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Judgments, awareness, and the use of snus among adults in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Article
- Patterns of dual use of snus and cigarettes in a mature snus market.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013Article
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Abstract
introductionSmokers are often incorrect in their assessment of the relative risk of snus and cigarettes. We have studied how perception of risks of snus compared with cigarettes was associated with the willingness of trying snus as a quit-smoking method.
methodsFourteen thousand seven hundred and forty-four Norwegian men aged 20-50 years were selected at random from a national representative web panel and sent a questionnaire by e-mail. Of the 7,170 (48.6%) who responded, there were 1,155 former daily smokers who reported method for quitting smoking and 1,213 current daily smokers who stated their willingness to try different methods for quitting smoking. They were also asked to assess the relative risk between daily use of snus and cigarettes.
resultsAdjusted odds ratio (AOR) for reporting willingness to try snus in future quit attempts was significantly higher (AOR = 4.82, p < .001) for the 22.9% of the current smokers who, consistent with scientific evidence, believed that the health risks were "far lower" for snus than for cigarettes compared with the 39.8% who incorrectly perceived the health risks to be "equal or higher" for snus (reference AOR = 1). About 37.2% of the daily smokers believed that the risk was "somewhat lower" for snus than for cigarettes and had a significantly higher AOR of reporting willingness to try snus (AOR = 2.31, p < .001) compared with the reference group.
conclusionDevising a way to inform smokers about the risk continuum of tobacco products could be an important research priority in countries where snus is allowed to compete with cigarettes for market share.
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