Few grownup people who smoke and non-smokers assume e-cigarettes have decrease ranges of dangerous chemical compounds than cigarettes, finds examine

About half of cigarette people who smoke and younger grownup non-smokers consider that nicotine-based digital cigarettes have the identical quantity or much more dangerous chemical compounds than common tobacco-based cigarettes, in keeping with a latest Rutgers examine.

The examine, printed in Dependancy, measured perceived ranges of dangerous chemical compounds in e-cigarettes in contrast with cigarettes utilizing nationwide samples of greater than 1,000 adults ages 18 and older who smoke cigarettes and 1,000-plus adults ages 18 to 29 who’re non-smokers.

The examine additionally measured associations with e-cigarette/cigarette relative hurt perceptions, e-cigarette use and curiosity. About 20% of all members believed that e-cigarettes include fewer dangerous chemical compounds than cigarettes, whereas about 30% responded that they didn’t understand how the degrees in contrast.

“Our outcomes have been attention-grabbing to see provided that earlier overview stories counsel e-cigarettes expose customers to fewer sorts and decrease ranges of dangerous and doubtlessly dangerous chemical compounds than cigarettes,” stated Olivia Wackowski of Rutgers Middle for Tobacco Research, an affiliate professor on the Rutgers College of Public Well being and lead researcher of the examine. “It was additionally attention-grabbing to seek out that solely about half of grownup people who smoke who thought e-cigarettes have fewer dangerous chemical compounds additionally thought e-cigarettes are much less dangerous to well being.”

E-cigarette hurt notion relative to typical cigarettes is a typical query included on main nationwide well being and tobacco surveys in america. Nevertheless, surveys of e-cigarettes usually have not included a query in regards to the perceived publicity to or degree of dangerous chemical compounds in e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes.

In keeping with the examine researchers, measuring perceptions of e-cigarette and cigarette chemical publicity is necessary as a result of e-cigarette communications typically immediately discuss with chemical compounds not directly, which can affect perceptions about chemical compounds and harms from utilizing e-cigarettes in comparison with cigarettes.

The examine additionally discovered an curiosity in e-cigarette use was considerably greater amongst those that understand them to have fewer dangerous chemical compounds than conventional cigarettes and to be much less dangerous.

Different authors of the examine embrace Michelle T. Bover Manderski, Stefanie Ok. Gratale and Caitlin V. Weiger of the Rutgers Middle for Tobacco Research in addition to Richard J. O’Connor of Roswell Park Complete Most cancers Middle.