Flavored electronic nicotine delivery system product use among adults in New York State post-statewide restriction implementation.

In May 2020, New York State restricted the sale of flavored e-liquids, excluding tobacco flavor. We conducted a Web-based survey to assess support and changes in use behavior between July and October 2020 (n = 946), with a follow-up between April and June 2021 (n = 542). Most electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) users (n = 82/55) continued to use, with 39%/33% reporting continuing to purchase flavored e-liquids, 20%/32% reporting using tobacco flavor, 5%/6% reporting quitting ENDS and smoking cigarettes, and 8%/3% reporting quitting ENDS and not smoking cigarettes.

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.

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.

Perceived Truthfulness of Reduced Lung Cancer Risk Advertising Claims Influences Consumers' Intention to try and to Purchase Snus.

The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of a reduced risk claim about lung cancer, presented in various formats, on smokers' and non-smokers' interest in trying Camel Snus and intention to purchase Camel Snus. We varied claim formats by varying advertising messages for Camel Snus in 4 ways (1) text only; (2) bar chart; (3) text/testimonial; and (4) bar chart/testimonial. 3001 participants were recruited from a web-based consumer specialty panel via an email invitation.

Exploring the psychometric properties of a tripartite model of risk perception (TRIRISK) in a general U.S. population sample.

Objective: Risk perceptions are key constructs in some theories of health behavior. A tripartite model of risk perception, the TRIRISK model, was developed to assess deliberative, affective, and experiential components of risk perception. The current paper attempts to replicate the factor structure of the TRIRISK measure for cancer and extend the structure to respiratory illness.

Cigarette filter ventilation, smoking topography, and subjective effects: A mediational analysis.

Background: Filter ventilation in cigarettes has been associated with alterations in smoking topography in order to compensate for the lower nicotine yields. Subjective effects of cigarettes include sensations, which can be affected by how a person smokes a cigarette. We look at smoking topography as a mediator in the relationship between filter ventilation levels and subjective effects.

Stigmatizing attitudes about lung cancer among individuals who smoke cigarettes.

Introduction: Many individuals with lung cancer report experiencing stigma associated with their diagnosis. The objective of this study was to explore how different factors, including smoking status, lung cancer concern, and thoughts on smoking behaviors, were associated with increased stigmatizing attitudes towards people with lung cancer.

Methods: In 2015, a Web-based survey was completed by people who currently smoked.

Potential Impact of a Paper About COVID-19 and Smoking on Twitter Users' Attitudes Toward Smoking: Observational Study.

Background: A cross-sectional study (Miyara et al, 2020) conducted by French researchers showed that the rate of current daily smoking was significantly lower in patients with COVID-19 than in the French general population, implying a potentially protective effect of smoking.

Objective: We aimed to examine the dissemination of the Miyara et al study among Twitter users and whether a shift in their attitudes toward smoking occurred after its publication as preprint on April 21, 2020.

Methods: Twitter posts were crawled between April 14 and May 4, 2020, by the Tweepy stream application programming interface, using a COVID-19-related keyword query.

'95% less harmful'? Exploring reactions to quantitative modified risk claims for snus and e-cigarettes.

Objectives: Studies examining perceptions of 'modified risk tobacco product' (MRTP) messages for e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco have indicated consumers want statistics and quantification of harm reduction. However, limited research exists on reactions to quantitative MRTP messages.

Design: We conducted 12 focus groups in the USA in 2019-6 focused on e-cigarette messages and 6 on snus messages.

Worry about lung cancer is related to numeracy and risk perception of diseases associated with smoking.

Background: Numeracy is one's ability to use numbers in context and influence's decision making and perceptions of health risk. Worry about lung cancer is an indicator of perceived risk and is related to interest in cessation and cancer screening.

Purpose: The analysis sought to explore underlying relationships among worry about lung cancer, smoking-related disease risk perceptions, and numeracy in a web-based panel.