Harm Perceptions of Intermittent Tobacco Product Use Among U.S. Youth, 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc Health
• Personal Author:
  Wang, Teresa W. ; Trivers, Katrina F. ; Marynak, Kristy ; O’Brien, Erin Keely ; Persoskie, Alexander ; Liu, Sherry T. ; King, Brian A.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  To describe U.S. youth harm perceptions of intermittent tobacco use.
  
  Methods
  
  Using data from the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey of U.S. students in grades 6–12 (n=20,575), we examined prevalence and correlates of harm perceptions of tobacco product use on “some days but not every day” for four tobacco products. Associations between current (past 30-day) use and harm perceptions were assessed using multivariable regression.
  
  Results
  
  Perceiving that intermittent use causes ‘no’ or ‘little’ harm was 9.7% for cigarettes, 12.0% for smokeless tobacco, 18.7% for hookah, and 37.5% for e-cigarettes. Perceptions were associated with past 30-day use, and more than half of past 30-day non-cigarette users perceived intermittent use as causing ‘little’ or ‘no’ harm.
  
  Conclusions
  
  One in ten youth perceived intermittent cigarette smoking as causing ‘no’ or ‘little’ harm; this perception was higher among current users. Efforts are warranted to educate youth about the risks of tobacco product use.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  J Adolesc Health. 62(6):750-753.
• Pubmed ID:
  29501281
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5964035
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:303582f13dbc7c566c7876257c7964dab4246b8062e7fc7c148cb5239b28fd69
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54373/cdc_54373_DS1.pdf
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