Study from the University of Minnesota compairing youn adults and expermentation with PV

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Perceived benefits of e-cigarettes may lead to higher experimentation rates


Perceived benefits of e-cigarettes may lead to higher experimentation rates

 

[Vocalek]

Well if they prefer that youngsters smoke the real thing, all they have to do is convince them that e-cigarettes are just as hazardous as smoking. Which makes me wonder just why they are lying about it.

 

[tonyph]

Thats just the editorial, I am trying to get to the study itself but more information link on that site is not working. anybody got another route.
Dramatic research results, those who think something is safe are more likely to try it. Wow I would never have guessed that.
From a glance at the limited information it shows those figures would be spun as a fantastic success if this was a NRT product.
The study also suggested that about 12% of former young adults smokers at baseline were assisted in not returning to cigarettes through using e-cigarettes as an alternative.
Hopefully the real data when I can see it may be interesting.

 

[AgentAnia]

Here's a link to the article itself:

http://www.ajpmonline.
org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_3935-stamped-010714.pdf

Summary:

Background: Previous cross-sectional studies found that positive beliefs about electronic nicotine
delivery systems (commonly known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) were associated with use
of these products. However, the prospective association between these beliefs and subsequent use of
e-cigarettes is unclear.

Purpose: To identify the beliefs predicting subsequent use of e-cigarettes.

Methods: A total of 1379 young adults (mean age¼24.1 years) from the Minnesota Adolescent
Community Cohort who reported never using e-cigarettes at baseline (collected Oct 2010–Mar
2011) and completed follow-up data collection (during Oct 2011–Mar 2012) were included in
this analysis. Participants’ beliefs about e-cigarettes (potential as quit aids, harmfulness and
addictiveness relative to cigarettes) were asked at baseline (yes/no). At follow-up, participants were
asked if they had ever used e-cigarettes. Logistic regression models were used to assess the
associations between beliefs about e-cigarettes and subsequent experimentation. Analysis was
conducted in 2012.

Results: At follow-up, 7.4% of the sample reported ever using e-cigarettes (21.6% among baseline
current smokers, 11.9% among baseline former smokers, and 2.9% among baseline nonsmokers).
Participants who believed e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking and perceived e-cigarettes to be
less harmful than cigarettes at baseline were more likely to report experimenting with e-cigarettes at
follow-up (po0.05). These associations did not differ by smoking status.

Conclusions: Given that young adults are still developing their tobacco use behaviors, informing
them about the lack of evidence to support e-cigarettes as quit aids and the unknown health risk of
e-cigarettes may deter young adults from trying these products.

(Am J Prev Med 2014;46(2):175–178) & 2014 American Journal of Preventive Medicine

 

[Orb Skewer]

^^^ Thats the bottom line ! ^^^

 

[Vocalek]

Conclusions: Given that young adults are still developing their tobacco use behaviors, informing them about the lack of evidence to support e-cigarettes as quit aids and the unknown health risk of e-cigarettes may deter young adults from trying these products.

Well, if they want young people to smoke the real thing, that would be a start, but better yet, why not lie? Tell them that they contain toxic carcinogens, and recommend that they use the Nicoderm patches that contain toxic carcinogens instead.

(They aren't dumb enough to believe that deterring people from using e-cigarettes will reduce the number who smoke, are they?)

 

[AgentAnia]

It occurs to me that this puts a new spin on the title American Journal of Preventive Medicine, where "preventive" now means "preventing improvement."

 

[AgentAnia]

....(They aren't dumb enough to believe that deterring people from using e-cigarettes will reduce the number who smoke, are they?)

They may not believe it, but saying it often enough will keep the grant money flowing....

 

[tonyph]

What a waste of a research, they have a good study group, the analysts, the finance. What do they produce, a document to justify getting finance for an anti campaign. I suppose its easy money to get, tie it in as anti cigarettes and there is a lot of grant money to grab.
Just seen that this pile of nonsense (Many years ago I did statistical analysis of epidemiological studies) is cited in the San Francisco, Moratorium on E-Cigarette Stores and Lounges. That and the 2009 FDA report.