Knowledge and Perceptions of Tobacco-Related Harm Associated with Intention to Quit among Cigarette Smokers, e-Cigarette Users, and Dual Users: Findings from the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Wave 1
- 17 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Substance Use & Misuse
- Vol. 56 (4), 464-470
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1879145
Abstract
To study the association between knowledge of diseases caused by smoking, perceptions of harm of cigarettes and intention to quit among cigarettes and e-cigarettes users. Methods: Using US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Wave 1 data (2013–2014), we investigated the mean knowledge of diseases due to smoking and perceptions of harm of cigarettes scores among cigarette smokers (n = 8,263), e-cigarette users (n = 829), and dual users (n = 745) and examined the association between knowledge, perceptions of harm and intention to quit. Results: E-cigarette users had the highest scores in both knowledge and perceptions of harm items. We found a stronger association between knowledge and intention to quit among females (aOR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.18, 1.34) compared to males (aOR: 1.11; 95% CI: 1.05, 1.18). We observed a strong association between perceptions of harm and intention to quit among cigarette smokers (p < 0.0001) and dual users (p = 0.0001), but not e-cigarette users. Conclusions: Our study indicates it is urgent for federal and state governments to develop comprehensive guidelines for targeted health messaging regarding the harms of cigarettes, noncombustible tobacco products, and dual use, and the benefits of cessation. Further, findings suggest that effective health education should include tobacco product-specific risks and the comprehensive negative health impacts of tobacco given the strong positive association of perceptions of harm and intention to quit. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1879145.Keywords
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