ArticleHealth behavior and policy review2014
Smokeless Tobacco Risk Comparison and Other Debate Messages in the News.
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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
- To vape or not to vape? Effects of exposure to conflicting news headlines on beliefs about harms and benefits of electronic cigarette use: Results from a randomized controlled experiment.Preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- IQOS news media coverage in Israel: a comparison across three subpopulations.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- The Impact of Exposure to Food and Drug Administration E-cigarette Authorization Messages on Product Perceptions and Interest-An Experiment With Adults Who Smoke and Youth.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Salivary Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Capacity in Smokeless Tobacco (Naswar) Users.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2023Article
- How does Indian news media report smokeless tobacco control? A content analysis of the gutka ban enforcement.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Adult perceptions of the relative harm of tobacco products and subsequent tobacco product use: Longitudinal findings from waves 1 and 2 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Smokeless tobacco and oral cancer in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco induced diseases · 2019Article
- Content Analysis of US News Stories About E-Cigarettes in 2015.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
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- Interviews with smokers about smokeless tobacco products, risk messages and news articles.Tobacco control · 2016Article
- Deficiencies in public understanding about tobacco harm reduction: results from a United States national survey.Harm reduction journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesPublic health professionals have debated the use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) over cigarettes for harm reduction. This article describes SLT and cigarette risk comparisons and other SLT "debate" messages potentially reaching the public through news stories.
methodsWe conducted a content analysis of SLT-related 2006-10 articles from top newspapers and selected news wires.
resultsAbout 16% of articles (N = 677) referred to SLT as less harmful than smoking, attributing these messages to public health professionals as frequently as to tobacco company representatives. About 29% of articles included an "anti" SLT message, including variously phrased warnings that SLT is not a safe smoking alternative, or other potential consequences such as youth uptake.
conclusionProfessionals should begin developing and using more consistent messages about SLT's risks.
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