Beliefs about E-cigarettes: A Focus Group Study with College Students
Beliefs about E-cigarettes: A Focus Group Study with College Students
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DOI：
10.5993/ajhb.43.1.7
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Hatsukami, Dorothy
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作者：
Katz, Sherri Jean;Erkinnen, Meghan;Hatsukami, Dorothy
目的：在这项研究中，我们考虑如何最好地防止非烟草使用者娱乐性地使用电子烟；重要的是调查年轻人对电子烟和包装元素的潜在信念。方法：采用焦点小组信念启发法，考察了中西部某公立大学本科生对电子烟的基本信念结构。信念使用常量-比较法进行分析，并使用计划行为理论进行分类。结果：参与者描述了一种双重观点，即电子烟是在派对上使用的一种酷和因果的物品，同时对日常使用持负面污名。他们承认对尼古丁的困惑，并将重点放在尼古丁的味道和吸烟技巧上，以此作为产品的吸引力。作为对包装元素的回应，参与者将口味和修改后的风险声明描述为破坏了健康警告。结论：研究结果表明，在必要的警告标签上补充必要的警告标签，并开展公众教育活动，以提高对尼古丁的了解，并监管电子烟中允许的尼古丁含量，以防止娱乐使用者上瘾，同时支持使用该产品戒烟，这可能是有用的。
Objectives: In this study, we consider how best to prevent recreational uptake of e-cigarettes among tobacco nonusers; it is important to investigate the underlying beliefs that young adults have about e-cigarettes and package elements. Methods: Using the focus group method of belief elicitation, we explore underlying belief structures that undergraduate students at a large Midwestern public university have about e-cigarettes. Beliefs are analyzed using the constant-comparative approach and categorized using the theory of planned behavior. Results: Participants describe a dual view, wherein e-cigarettes are a cool and causal item to use at a party, while holding a negative stigma toward everyday use. They acknowledged confusion over nicotine and focused on the flavors and smoke tricks as attractions to the product. In response to package elements, participants describe the flavors and modified risk statement as undermining the health warning. Conclusions: Findings suggest it may be useful to supplement the required warning labels with a public education campaign that improves understanding of nicotine and to regulate the amount of nicotine permissible in e-cigarettes in order to prevent addiction in recreational users, while at the same time supporting use of the product for smoking cessation.