The Effects of Beliefs About the Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking on Smoking Onset

Krosnick, Jon A.; Chang, Ling‐Chu; Sherman, Steven J.; Chassin, Laurie; Presson, Clark C.

doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00281.x

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“…Among these groups, the 15 study variables that were selected by authors' literature review on smoking adolescents (Choi et al, 2003;Hwang, 2012;Jung & Chung, 2013;Krosnick et al, 2006;Kubik et al, 2003Li et al, 2010 A total of eight factors were strongly related to the transition from never smoking to past history of experimental smoking: gender, school type, academic performance, alcohol use, perceived health status, perception of harm of smoking, close friends smoking, and friend-related stress. These eight factors seem to be crucial in explaining those students who begin to smoke.…”

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Risk Factors for Smoking Behaviors Among Adolescents

Chung

Joung

2013

The Journal of School Nursing

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Many students in Korea begin to use tobacco and develop a regular smoking habit before they reach adulthood. Yet, little is known about various signs contributing to the transition of the student smoking behaviors. This study used a national sample to explore and compare risk factors for smoking behaviors. Three types of smoking behaviors were defined: never smoking (in their lifetime), history of experimental smoking (ever tried but not within the last 30 days), and current smoking (at least 1 day during the last 30 days). Risk factors for experimentally starting and not continuing smoking were identified as gender, perceived health status, and friend-related stress. School type, academic performance, alcohol use, perception of harm of smoking, and close friends' smoking increased the risk of progressing from never smoking to the history of experimental smoking and current smoking. Our findings may be valuable in school health care settings in planning cessation programs.

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Risk Factors for Smoking Behaviors Among Adolescents

Chung

Joung

2013

The Journal of School Nursing

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“…We also examined whether these attitudes differ between adolescents who have and have not used cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes. Based on the small body of literature on e-cigarette attitudes, the larger set of literature on adolescents’ attitudes towards cigarettes, and the relationship between such attitudes and tobacco use (e.g., Halpern-Felsher et al, 2004; Krosnick et al, 2006; Song et al, 2009), we hypothesized that: (1) adolescents will believe that a greater number of parents, siblings, and peers are using e-cigarettes compared to cigarettes; (2) adolescents will hold more favorable attitudes towards e-cigarettes compared to cigarettes; (3) adolescents lack knowledge about the ingredients and harms associated with e-cigarettes; (4) adolescents will not support e-cigarette regulation; and (5) adolescents who have used e-cigarettes or cigarettes in the past will harbor more favorable attitudes and greater misperceptions about e-cigarettes compared to non-users.…”

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Adolescents' attitudes towards e-cigarette ingredients, safety, addictive properties, social norms, and regulation

Gorukanti

Delucchi

Ling

et al. 2017

Preventive Medicine

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E-cigarette use has dramatically increased. While studies have examined adolescents’ attitudes towards smoking, few have extended this research to adolescents’ attitudes towards e-cigarettes. The goal of this study was to examine adolescents' attitudes regarding e-cigarette ingredients, safety, addictive properties, social norms, accessibility, price, and regulation; and determine whether attitudes differ by past cigarette/e-cigarette use. Participants were 786 9th and 12th graders from California (63.21% females; mean age = 16.10 years [SD = 1.6]; 26.61% White, 21.98% Asian/Pacific Islander, 29.82% Hispanic, and 21.59% other). Results indicated that 19.05% of participants believed smoke from e-cigarettes is water; 23.03% believed e-cigarettes aren't a tobacco product; 40.36% considered e-cigarettes to be for cessation, and 43.13% felt they were safer than cigarettes. Participants felt it was more acceptable to use e-cigarettes indoors and outdoors compared to cigarettes (p < .0001), 23.13% felt raising e-cigarette taxes is a bad idea, 63.95% thought e-cigarettes were easier to get than cigarettes, 54.42% felt e-cigarettes cost too much, 64.33% felt the age for buying e-cigarettes should be raised, and 64.37% favored e-cigarette regulation. Adolescents who used e-cigarettes and/or cigarettes had significantly more favorable e-cigarette attitudes than non-users. This study indicates that adolescents are aware of some of the risks of e-cigarettes, although many harbor misperceptions and hold more favorable attitudes towards e-cigarettes than cigarettes. Of concern is the relationship between favorable e-cigarette attitudes and use. Findings suggest the need to provide adolescents with correct information about e-cigarette ingredients, risks, and the insufficient evidence of their role in cigarette cessation.

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“…For example, many drinkers are unaware that they are consuming alcohol at harmful levels, and few receive advice from healthcare professionals to counteract this [22, 68]. In contrast, most smokers acknowledge that cigarettes are harmful to their health [69]. Thus there is a need for increasing intervention rates among high risk drinkers [70, 71].…”

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Use of aids for smoking cessation and alcohol reduction: A population survey of adults in England

Beard¹,

Brown²,

Michie³

et al. 2016

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundIt is important for policy planning to chart the methods smokers and high-risk drinkers use to help them change their behaviour. This study assessed prevalence of use, and characteristics of users, of support for smoking cessation and alcohol reduction in England.MethodsData were used from the Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Studies, which involve monthly face-to-face computer-assisted interviews of adults aged 16+ in England. We included data collected between June 2014 and July 2015 on 1600 smokers who had made at least one quit attempt and 911 high-risk drinkers (defined as scores >8+ on the full AUDIT or 5+ on questions 1–3 of the AUDIT-C) who had made an attempt to cut down in the past 12 months. Participants provided information on their socio-demographic characteristics and use of aids during their most recent quit attempt including pharmacotherapy, face-to-face counselling, telephone support, self-help materials (digital and printed), and complementary medicine.ResultsA total of 60.3% of smokers used aids in the past year, compared with just 14.9% of high-risk drinkers. Use of pharmacotherapy was high among smokers and very low among drinkers (56.0%versus1.2%). Use of other aids was low for both behaviours: face-to-face counselling (2.6%versus4.8%), self-help materials (1.4%versus4.1%) and complementary medicine (1.0%versus0.5%). Use of aids was more common among smokers aged 25–54 compared with 16–24 year olds (25–34,ORadj1.49,p = 0.012; 35–44,ORadj1.93,p < 0.001; 35–44,ORadj1.93,p < 0.001; 45–54,ORadj1.66,p = 0.008), with cigarette consumption >10 relative to <1 (10–20,ORadj2.47,p = 0.011; >20,ORadj4.23,p = 0.001), and less common among ethnic minorities (ORadj0.69,p = 0.026). For alcohol reduction, use of aids was higher among ethnic minority groups (ORadj2.41;p = 0.015), and those of social-grade D/E relative to AB (ORadj2.29,p = 0.012&ORadj3.13,p < 0.001).ConclusionIn England, the use of pharmacotherapy is prevalent for smoking cessation but not alcohol reduction. Other aids are used at a low rate, with face-to-face counselling being more common for alcohol reduction than smoking cessation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3862-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The Effects of Beliefs About the Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking on Smoking Onset

Cited by 36 publications

References 49 publications

Risk Factors for Smoking Behaviors Among Adolescents

Risk Factors for Smoking Behaviors Among Adolescents

Adolescents' attitudes towards e-cigarette ingredients, safety, addictive properties, social norms, and regulation

Use of aids for smoking cessation and alcohol reduction: A population survey of adults in England

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