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| Title |
Survey of smokers' reasons for not switching to safer sources of nicotine and their willingness to do so in the future
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-6-14 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karyn K Heavner, Zale Rosenberg, Carl V Phillips |
| Abstract |
Despite the well-known risks of smoking, policy, social pressure, and accessible cessation programs, tens of millions of North American adults continue smoking rather than quitting or switching to less harmful non-combustion nicotine products. We surveyed people smoking in public in Edmonton, Canada (n = 242, year = 2007) to investigate smokers' reasons for resisting switching to low-risk nicotine sources. 43% had used low-risk products (mostly pharmaceutical nicotine). 75% indicated willingness to consider switching to low-risk products. Smokers cited similar reasons for not switching to smokeless tobacco and pharmaceutical nicotine, largely based on misinformation. Accurate risk information may lead many to try low-risk nicotine products. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 16% |
| Researcher | 3 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 16% |
| Unknown | 3 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 26% |
| Psychology | 4 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 March 2016.
All research outputs
#13,195,543
of 22,792,160 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#730
of 920 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#90,114
of 109,971 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#3
of 3 outputs
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