Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Survey of smokers' reasons for not switching to safer sources of nicotine and their willingness to do so in the future | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Survey of smokers reasons for not switching to safer sources of nicotine and their willingness to do so in the future Karyn K Heavner Zale Rosenberg and Carl V Phillips Open Access Address School of Public Health University of Alberta 8215 112 St Suite 215 Edmonton AB T6G 2L9 Canada Email Karyn K Heavner - karynkh@ Zale Rosenberg - zale@ Carl V Phillips - cvphilo@ Corresponding author Published 2 July 2009 Received 12 February 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 14 doi 1477-7517-6-14 Accepted 2 July 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 14 2009 Heavner et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. 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. Background Despite massive education campaigns and legal restrictions the prevalence of habitual nicotine use among adults in Canada and the United States US remains at about one quarter of the population and most use the deadliest source of nicotine cigarettes 1-3 . .
