Journal article
Associations between smokers' knowledge of causes of smoking harm and related beliefs and behaviors: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey
B King, R Borland, ML Grande, D Diaz, R O'Connor, K East, E Taylor, C Gartner, HH Yong
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2023
Abstract
Background Most smokers know that smoking is harmful to health, but less is known about their understanding of what causes the harms. The primary aim was to examine smokers' perceptions of the relative contributions to smoking-related morbidity from combustion products, nicotine, other substances present in unburned tobacco, and additives. A secondary aim was to evaluate the association of these perceptions with nicotine vaping product use intentions, and quitting motivation/intentions. Methods Participants were current smokers and recent ex-smokers from Australia, Canada, England and the United States (N = 12,904, including 8511 daily smokers), surveyed in the 2018 International Tobacco Con..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
The ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey in the US, Canada, and England was supported by grant P01 CA200512 from the US National Cancer Institute, and a Foundation Grant (FDN-148477) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The ITC Australia Project was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (GNT1106451). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.