Are smokers adequately informed about the health risks of smoking and medicinal nicotine?
Are smokers adequately informed about the health risks of smoking and medicinal nicotine?
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DOI：
10.1080/14622200412331320734
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Bansal, MA
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作者：
Cummings, KM;Hyland, A;Bansal, MA
本研究评估了吸烟者对吸烟的健康风险和吸烟过滤嘴香烟和低焦油香烟的好处的信念，以及他们对尝试所谓的降低风险烟草产品的意识和兴趣。结果是基于全国代表性的随机数字拨号电话调查的1,046名成年人（年龄18岁或以上）目前的吸烟者。收集的数据包括人口统计学特征、烟草使用行为、尼古丁药物的认知和使用、对吸烟健康风险的信念、香烟的烟雾含量和设计特征以及尼古丁药物的安全性和有效性。此外，受访者还被问及他们对戒烟的兴趣和感知能力，以及他们对吸烟健康风险更多信息的渴望。吸烟者对低焦油和过滤嘴香烟的了解最少（65%的回答是不正确或“不知道”），对吸烟的健康风险了解最多（39%的回答是不正确或“不知道”）。当所有六个指数合并成一个汇总指数时，最常与错误信息相关的吸烟者特征如下：45岁或以上的人，超轻型香烟的吸烟者，相信他们会在吸烟引起严重健康问题之前戒烟的吸烟者，从未使用过戒烟药物的吸烟者，以及教育水平较低的吸烟者。那些认为自己会在未来一年内戒烟的人对吸烟的了解更多。约77%的受访者表示希望从烟草公司获得有关吸烟危害健康的更多信息。目前的研究结果表明，吸烟者对他们吸烟和戒烟药物的许多方面都有误解，他们希望获得更多关于降低健康风险的方法的信息。
The present study assessed smokers' beliefs about the health risks of smoking and the benefits of smoking filtered and low-tar cigarettes, and their awareness of and interest in trying so-called reduced-risk tobacco products. Results were based on a nationally representative random-digit-dialed telephone survey of 1,046 adult (aged 18 years or older) current cigarette smokers. Data Were gathered on demographic characteristics, tobacco use behaviors, awareness and use of nicotine medications, beliefs about the health risks of smoking, content of smoke and design features of cigarettes, and the safety and efficacy of nicotine medications. In addition, respondents were asked about their interest in and perceived ability to stop smoking and about their desire for more information about the health risks of smoking. Smokers were least knowledgeable about low-tar and filter cigarettes (65% of responses were incorrect or "don't know") and most knowledgeable about the health risks of smoking (39% of responses were incorrect or "don't know"). The smokers' characteristics most commonly associated with misinformation when all six indices were combined into a summary index were as follows: those aged 45 years or older, smokers of ultralight cigarettes, smokers who believe they will stop smoking before they experience a serious health problem caused by smoking, smokers who have never used a stop-smoking medication, and smokers with a lower education level. Those who believed they would stop smoking in the next year were more knowledgeable about smoking. Some 77% of respondents reported a desire for additional information from tobacco companies on the health dangers of smoking. The present findings demonstrate that smokers are misinformed about many aspects of the cigarettes they smoke and stop-smoking medications and that they want more information about ways to reduce their health risks.