ArticleAddictive behaviors2019
Smokers' perceptions of risks and harm from snus relative to cigarettes: A latent profile analysis study.
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- Risk Perceptions of Low Nicotine Cigarettes and Alternative Nicotine Products across Priority Smoking Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Smokers' Exposure to Perceived Modified Risk Claims for E-Cigarettes, Snus, and Smokeless Tobacco in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Harm Perceptions and Beliefs about Potential Modified Risk Tobacco Products.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cigarette smokers' concurrent use of smokeless tobacco: dual use patterns and nicotine exposure.Tobacco control · 2021Article
- Comparison of a General and Conditional Measure of E-Cigarette Harm Perceptions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Health warning labels describing snus as less harmful than smoking: effects on perceptions of risk.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Assessing comprehension and perceptions of modified-risk information for snus among adult current cigarette smokers, former tobacco users, and never tobacco users.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Latent Classes of Nicotine Beliefs Correlate with Perceived Susceptibility and Severity of Nicotine and Tobacco Products in US young adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- From tobacco-endgame strategizing to Red Queen's race: The case of non-combustible tobacco products.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionCertain types of smokeless tobacco (SLT) products, particularly snus, carry fewer health risks than cigarette smoking and might be able to serve as harm-reduction products for smokers. However, studies frequently find that smokers misperceive SLT and snus to be as or more harmful than smoking. This perception is often measured with a single general harm question, and research on underlying risk perceptions is limited.
methodsUsing a sample of 256 current smokers, we utilized Latent Profile Analysis to examine response profiles to items that assessed perceived risk of specific health outcomes (lung cancer, heart disease, oral cancer) from snus relative to cigarettes, along with the typical single item measure of overall harm from snus compared to cigarettes.
resultsThree smoker response profiles emerged. Almost half (44.9%) of smokers perceived snus to be as or more risky than cigarettes for all three specific health outcomes (group 1), while over one third (38.3%) had an elevated perceived risk for oral cancer only (group 2). About 17% of smokers perceived snus to have lower risks for lung cancer only (group 3). Across each profile, perceived risk was highest for oral cancer.
conclusionsIf smokers are to consider snus for harm-reduction, efforts may be needed to better inform smokers about their lower relative risks, including for particular health outcomes of interest. This study also suggests that smokers may vary in their level of need for information to correct their relative risk misperceptions.
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