OBJECTIVES Risk perception measures of tobacco products relative to cigarettes are commonly used and important to tobacco research given that they may be associated with and predict tobacco use. However, results may differ based on measures used. This study compares direct and indirect approaches to measuring e-cigarette/cigarette risk perceptions. METHODS We compared the responses of 519 cur...

Background E-cigarettes are the latest in a line of potentially reduced exposure products that have garnered interest among smokers. Methods In this paper, we use experimental auctions to estimate smokers' demand for e-cigarettes and to assess the impact of advertisements on willingness to pay. These are actual auctions, with winners and losers, which means hypothetical biases often seen in s...

The short answer to your question is that there are indeed cigarettes with varying levels of tar and nicotine on the market. However, it?s difficult to tell you which cigarettes have the lowest levels of these substances. And, as for your interest in knowing whether there are cigarettes sans nicotine ? there aren't any commercially available nicotine-free cigarettes. Since you brought it up tho...

Tobacco-free electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), which are currently not regulated by the FDA, have become widespread as a "safe" form of smoking. One approach to evaluate the potential toxicity of e-cigarettes and other types of potentially "reduced-harm" cigarettes is to compare their emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including reactive organic electrophillic compounds such as...

BACKGROUND E-cigarettes are coming into wider use. They are advertised as an aid to smoking cessation, but there is concern that they may also serve as a gateway drug for cigarette smoking. METHOD The authors systematically searched the PubMed database for relevant publications on the mechanism of action of e-cigarettes, the nature of their emissions, their assessment by potential users, thei...

Background: Smoking prevalence in Singapore has increased from 12.6 % in 2006 to 14.3% in 2011 despite restrictions on tobacco advertising and promotion act, largely due to the strategies of the tobacco industry such as cigarette packaging suggesting lower tar content to target the young and the health conscious. Objectives: To review the perception of health risks of different types of cigaret...

The short answer to your question is that there are indeed cigarettes with varying levels of tar and nicotine on the market. However, it?s difficult to tell you which cigarettes have the lowest levels of these substances. And, as for your interest in knowing whether there are cigarettes sans nicotine ? there aren't any commercially available nicotine-free cigarettes. Since you brought it up tho...

BACKGROUND There are many different kinds of cigarettes and tobacco available in the market. Since nicotine content of various brands of cigarettes are very variable, therefore evaluation and comparison of nicotine content of different brands of cigarettes is important. The goal of the present study was to determine and compare nicotine content of various domestic and imported cigarettes availa...

BACKGROUND The reduction of the nicotine content of cigarettes to nonaddicting levels is a potential federal regulatory intervention to reduce the prevalence of cigarette smoking and related disease. Many clinical trials on the effects and safety of nicotine reduction are ongoing. An important methodologic concern is noncompliance with reduced nicotine content cigarettes in the context of freel...

BACKGROUND Recent federal legislation gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the nicotine content of cigarettes. A nationwide strategy for progressive reduction of the nicotine content of cigarettes is a potential way to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes, to prevent new smokers from becoming addicted, and to facilitate quitting in established smokers. We conducte...