Perceptions of Smoking and Vaping on Weight Control Among Adult American Indians Who Smoke

Autor: Kai Ding, Ashley L. Comiford, Theodore L. Wagener, Dorothy A. Rhoades, Justin D. Dvorak, Mark P. Doescher, Paul Spicer, Michelle Hopkins
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Community Health
ISSN: 1573-3610
Popis: Interest in electronic cigarette (EC) use, or vaping, to help control weight is increasing. Many American Indian (AI) populations have a high prevalence of smoking, obesity, and EC use, but their perceptions of EC use for weight control are unknown. In Oklahoma in 2016, 375 AI adults who smoke completed a survey including perceptions about smoking and EC effects on weight control. Only 24% believed that smoking helps control weight, and 8% believed that vaping helps control weight. Perceptions differed by EC use, with ever users more often than never users perceiving that smoking (30% vs 12%, respectively; p
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