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ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2016

Validation of a Measure of Normative Beliefs About Smokeless Tobacco Use.

Sarah E Adkison, Richard J O'Connor, Maansi Bansal-Travers, K Michael Cummings, Vaughan W Rees, Dorothy K Hatsukami

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Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The Reasons for Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2021
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  5. Perceptions of "Natural" and "Additive-Free" Cigarettes and Intentions to Purchase.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sarah E AdkisonDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY; sarah.adkison@roswellpark.org.
Richard J O'ConnorDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY;
Maansi Bansal-TraversDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY;
K Michael CummingsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC;
Vaughan W ReesDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA;
Dorothy K HatsukamiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Funding

Tobacco Constituent and Biomarker Assessment CoreU19CA157345 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HATSUKAMI, DOROTHY K, SHIELDS, PETER G. · 2012 to 2016
$13.3M
NCI NIH HHS U19 CA157345
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionValidated methods to evaluate consumer responses to modified risk tobacco products (MRTPs) are needed. Guided by existing literature that demonstrates a relationship between normative beliefs and future intentions to use tobacco the current research sought to (1) develop a measure of normative beliefs about smokeless tobacco (ST) and establish the underlying factor structure, (2) evaluate the structure with confirmatory factor analysis utilizing an independent sample of youth, and (3) establish the measure's concurrent validity.

methodsRespondents (smokers and nonsmokers aged 15-65; N = 2991) completed a web-based survey that included demographic characteristics, tobacco use history and dependence, and a measure of attitudes about ST adapted from the Normative Beliefs about Smoking scale. A second sample of youth (aged 14-17; N = 305) completed a similar questionnaire.

resultsExploratory factor analysis produced the anticipated three-factor solution and accounted for nearly three-quarters of the variance in the data reflecting (1) perceived prevalence of ST use, (2) popularity of ST among successful/elite, and (3) approval of ST use by parents/peers. Confirmatory factor analysis with data from the youth sample demonstrated good model fit. Logistic regression demonstrated that the scales effectively discriminate between ST users and nonusers and are associated with interest in trying snus.

conclusionsAssessment of MRTPs for regulatory purposes, which allows messages of reduced risk, should include measurement of social norms. Furthermore, surveillance efforts that track use of new MRTPs should include measures of social norms to determine how norms change with prevalence of use.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeSocial PerceptionTobacco IndustryTobacco, SmokelessAdolescentAdultFemaleHarm ReductionHealth SurveysHumansMaleMarketingMiddle AgedPrevalenceReproducibility of ResultsSmoking

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PMID26187390
PMCPMC5896814

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