Widespread Belief That Organic and Additive-Free Tobacco Products are Less Harmful Than Regular Tobacco Products: Results From the 2017 US Health Information National Trends Survey
Widespread Belief That Organic and Additive-Free Tobacco Products are Less Harmful Than Regular Tobacco Products: Results From the 2017 US Health Information National Trends Survey
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DOI：
10.1093/ntr/ntz015
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Lewis, M. Jane
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作者：
Pearson, Jennifer L.;Moran, Meghan;Lewis, M. Jane
重要性：美国自然精神的美国吸烟者，一个以“有机”和“无添加剂”为卖点的品牌，比其他吸烟者更有可能相信他们的品牌可能比其他品牌危害更小。这篇文章（1）描述了在美国人口中“有机”和“无添加剂”烟草比普通烟草产品危害小的信念的流行程度，（2）描述了认为这些描述符的烟草产品危害小的成年人的社会人口学特征。方法：数据来自2017年健康信息全国趋势调查（HINTS），这是一项针对美国成年人的全国代表性调查。Logistic回归模型被用来检查相关的信念，“有机”或“无添加剂”烟草产品是有害的比普通烟草products.Results：总体而言，26.7%的美国成年人和45.3%的成年吸烟者认为，“有机”烟草产品是有害的比普通烟草产品。同样，35.2%的美国成年人和47.1%的吸烟者认为“无添加剂”的烟草产品危害较小。当检查性别、年龄、教育、种族/民族、性取向和吸烟状况时，仅年龄（调整后的比值比[aOR]类似于0.98，95%置信区间[CI]：0.97，0.99（两种结局）和吸烟状况（当前吸烟者与从不吸烟者，aOR相似于1.78，95%CI 1.03，3.07）是认为“有机”或“无添加剂”烟草比普通烟草产品危害小的相关因素。结论：人们普遍认为“有机”和“无添加剂”烟草产品比其他产品危害小。年轻人和目前的吸烟者最有可能被“有机”或“无添加剂”烟草产品描述误导。
Significance: US smokers of Natural American Spirit, a brand marketed as "organic" and "additive-free," are more likely than other cigarette smokers to believe that their brand might be less harmful than other brands. This article (1) describes the prevalence of belief that "organic" and "additive-free" tobacco is less harmful than regular tobacco products in the US population and (2) describes the sociodemographic characteristics of adults who believe tobacco products with these descriptors are less harmful.Methods: Data were drawn from the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), a nationally representative survey of US adults. Logistic regression models were used to examine correlates of the belief that "organic" or "additive-free" tobacco products are less harmful than regular tobacco products.Results: Overall, 26.7% of US adults and 45.3% of adult smokers believe that "organic" tobacco products are less harmful than regular tobacco products. Similarly, 35.2% of US adults and 47.1% of smokers believe that "additive-free" tobacco products are less harmful. When examining gender, age, education, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and smoking status, only age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] similar to 0.98, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.97, 0.99 for both outcomes) and smoking status (current vs. never smokers, aOR similar to 1.78, 95% CI 1.03, 3.07 for both outcomes) were correlates of believing that "organic" or "additive-free" tobacco is less harmful than regular tobacco products.Conclusions: Belief that "organic" and "additive-free" tobacco products are less harmful than other products is widespread. Younger adults and current smokers are most likely to be misinformed by "organic" or "additive-free" tobacco product descriptors.