Psychoactive Comfort Products or Snacks: How Chinese Young Adults Perceive the Potentially Addictive Nature of E-Cigarettes.
| Autor: | Song, Apei, Zhang, Zihan, Liu, Zixi |
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DRUG addiction
CULTURE ELECTRONIC cigarettes JUDGMENT (Psychology) RESEARCH methodology MOTIVATION (Psychology) CONTROLLED substances SOCIAL networks CONSUMER attitudes INTERVIEWING PSYCHOLOGY COGNITION SOCIAL context CONCEPTUAL models QUESTIONNAIRES HEALTH attitudes TEENAGERS' conduct of life INTERPERSONAL relations GOVERNMENT policy SMOKING TOBACCO |
| Zdroj: | Healthcare (2227-9032); May2023, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p1440, 21p |
| Abstrakt: | The potential health value and pitfalls of e-cigarettes are currently under dispute in the scientific community. Exploring young adult e-cigarette users' perceptions would assist in adding a public dimension of understanding to the literature and in scientific public health decision making. Therefore, in this study, we collected and analyzed data from interviews with young adult (n = 14) e-cigarette users and found that many referred to e-cigarettes as "snacks," indicating that they considered that both their frequency of use and addiction were manageable and that they could stop using e-cigarettes at any time. To further understand the behavior of Chinese young adults in relation to their perception of e-cigarettes as a "snack", the study developed a social context framework (crossroads model) and psychological judgment model to explain how youth e-cigarette users' perception of "controlled addiction and ready cessation" arises. These models can be used to assess the effectiveness of e-cigarette policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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