ArticleAddictive behaviors2019
Prevalence and correlates of nicotine and nicotine product perceptions in U.S. young adults, 2016.
Article in Addictive behaviors, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 23 papers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Survey Item Wording and Response Options on Prevalence of Beliefs About Nicotine Causing Cancer: A Randomized Survey Experiment.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Trial
- Effect of nicotine corrective messaging on nicotine-related beliefs in US adults: a randomised controlled trial.Tobacco control · 2025Trial
- Effect of brief nicotine corrective messaging on nicotine beliefs in persons who use opioids.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Trial
- Effects of Vaping Prevention Messages on Electronic Vapor Product Beliefs, Perceived Harms, and Behavioral Intentions among Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Persistent Misperceptions about Nicotine among US Physicians: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- An Investigation of Young Adults' Psychophysiological and Self-Report Responses to Paid Partnership Disclosures in Pro-Oral Nicotine Pouch Videos.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing Tobacco Harm Perceptions Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults: Results From a Community Informed State-Wide Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Targeting three United States priority populations of people who smoke with educational nicotine messages using curiosity-eliciting strategies.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Contingent Effects of E-Cigarette Warning Label Messages on Cognitive Elaboration and Fear Among U.S. Youth Ages 14-17 by Vaping Experience and Peer Vaping Behavior.Health communication · 2025Article
- Cravings, Control, and Cessation: A Scoping Review of Perceptions of Nicotine Addiction.Current addiction reports · 2025Review
- Correcting misperceptions about very low nicotine cigarettes for cigarette-only smokers, dual/poly smokers, other tobacco users, and non-tobacco users.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Perceptions about levels of harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes, and associations with relative e-cigarette harm perceptions, e-cigarette use and interest.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Individual and Conjoint Factors Associated With Beliefs About the Harmfulness of Nicotine Replacement Therapies Relative to Combustible Cigarettes Among People Who Smoke: Findings From the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Awareness and Perception Toward Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University.Cureus · 2023Article
- Do Smokers' Perceptions of the Harmfulness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Nicotine Vaping Products as Compared to Cigarettes Influence Their Use as an Aid for Smoking Cessation? Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Beliefs and Characteristics Associated With Believing Nicotine Causes Cancer: A Descriptive Analysis to Inform Corrective Message Content and Priority Audiences.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
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- Associations Between Nicotine Knowledge and Smoking Cessation Behaviors Among US Adults Who Smoke.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- E-Cigarette-Related Nicotine Misinformation on Social Media.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- Tobacco harm reduction: Past history, current controversies and a proposed approach for the future.Preventive medicine · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionNicotine is not a human carcinogen and combustion compounds in tobacco smoke, rather than nicotine, cause tobacco-related cardiovascular disease. Few recent studies examine the public's beliefs about nicotine in relation to smoking.
methodsParticipants aged 18-40 (n = 4,091) in Wave 10 (Fall 2016) of the Truth Initiative Young Adult Cohort Study responded to nineteen items on nicotine and nicotine product perceptions, including addictiveness and health harms of nicotine patch/gum and e-cigarettes compared to cigarettes. Analyses conducted in 2018 examined prevalence of perceptions and sociodemographic and tobacco use correlates of selected perceptions.
resultsThe majority of young adults reported that nicotine was responsible for a "relatively" or "very large" part of the health risks (66%) and cancer (60%) caused by smoking. More than half of young adults (55%) believed that nicotine is a cause of cancer. Between 23% and 43% of young adults responded "don't know" to items on nicotine. Females, blacks, Hispanics, and those with less than some college education were more likely to report true or "don't know" vs. false to "nicotine is a cause of cancer" and had higher odds of believing that nicotine was responsible for a "relatively" or "very large" part of the health risks of smoking and cancer caused by smoking. Past 30-day tobacco users had lower odds of reporting these beliefs.
conclusionsMisperceptions of nicotine are widespread in young adults. Public education is needed to maximize the public health impact of FDA's required nicotine warning label and proposed nicotine reduction policies.
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