Polytobacco use and risk perceptions among young adults: The potential role of habituation to risk.
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Polytobacco use and experimentation is common among young adults. Additional research is needed to determine how these patterns of use impact perceptions of tobacco-related harm and risk. The current study examined whether a relationship exists between an increased number...
| Publicado en: | Addictive Behaviors Vol. 90; pp. 278 - 285 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=133952855&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 133952855 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03064603 3A4 jtl: Addictive Behaviors issn: 03064603 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2019 vid: 90 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 133952855 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.003 ppf: 278 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Polytobacco use and risk perceptions among young adults: The potential role of habituation to risk. aug: au: Leavens, Eleanor L.S. Meier, Ellen Brett, Emma I. Stevens, Elise M. Tackett, Alayna P. Villanti, Andrea C. Wagener, Theodore L. affil: Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, 655 Research Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States su: Midwest (U.S.) Young adults Tobacco use Demographic characteristics Substance abuse Health attitudes Learning Students Risk perception Tobacco products Evaluation research Research funding Relative medical risk Longitudinal method Research methodology Research Comparative studies Impact of Event Scale sug: subj: Young adults Tobacco use Demographic characteristics Substance abuse Health attitudes Learning Students Midwest (U.S.) All other miscellaneous store retailers (except beer and wine-making supplies stores) Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers Cigarette and tobacco product merchant wholesalers Tobacco Manufacturing Tobacco product manufacturing Risk perception Tobacco products Evaluation research Research funding Relative medical risk Longitudinal method Research methodology Research Comparative studies Impact of Event Scale ab: <bold>Introduction: </bold>Polytobacco use and experimentation is common among young adults. Additional research is needed to determine how these patterns of use impact perceptions of tobacco-related harm and risk. The current study examined whether a relationship exists between an increased number of tobacco products used and decreases in perceptions of harmfulness and health risk.<bold>Method: </bold>Participants (N = 792) completed a survey assessing current/lifetime tobacco use, perceived absolute harmfulness of tobacco/nicotine products and perceived health risk of smoking. For some analyses, participants were grouped by polytobacco use status.<bold>Results: </bold>Among participants who ever tried a tobacco product, a greater number of products tried was associated with lower perceptions of harm (all p < .05). For e-cigarettes and hookah, nonusers rated tobacco products as more harmful compared to single product, dual, and poly users (all p < .05). Number of products tried predicted perceived harmfulness above and beyond demographic characteristics and polytobacco use status across all products. Similarly, number of products tried predicted perceived health risk above and beyond demographic characteristics and polytobacco use status for both lung cancer and heart disease risk.<bold>Discussion: </bold>Trying a greater number of tobacco products is associated with lower perceived harmfulness of tobacco products. Prospective studies are needed to determine if experimentation with more tobacco products leads to reductions in perceived risk of tobacco use and subsequent sustained use of tobacco. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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