Perceptions of Tobacco and Nicotine Products
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 41461
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tobacco control; tobacco regulatory science; risk perceptions & health communication; tobacco product marketing; communication and perceptions
Interests: tobacco regulatory science; e-cigarettes; tobacco products
Interests: tobacco regulatory science; tobacco control; health communication; tobacco marketing; e-cigarettes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue on “Perceptions of Tobacco and Nicotine Products” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
Health behavior theories suggest that individuals’ perceptions and beliefs about tobacco and nicotine products can play an important role in their use of these products. While perceptions about some tobacco and nicotine products may be relatively constant over time, others may be changing and/or evolving, potentially in response to new product regulations, innovations, information, and communications (e.g., e-cigarettes and EVALI). Perceptions of newer products may influence whether or not people initiate or switch to these products. For example, adult smokers may or may not use other nicotine products to try to reduce or quit smoking cigarettes based on their perceptions of such products, and youth’s perceptions of newer products may also influence whether they initiate their use. Tobacco and nicotine product perceptions can also be the targets of public health interventions (e.g., educational and communication campaigns, warning labels), necessitating a proper understanding of how the public perceives tobacco and nicotine products. Research about product perceptions among unique population subgroups is also important. For example, the type of recommendations health care providers may provide patients asking about e-cigarettes may depend on their beliefs about e-cigarettes’ relative safety and cessation efficacy. For these various reasons, this special issue invites original research articles presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data about tobacco and nicotine product perceptions. This may include articles describing:
- Perceptions about new tobacco and nicotine products (e.g., heat-not-burn products, capsule cigarettes, low or reduced nicotine cigarettes, tobacco-free nicotine pouches).
- Changes in product perceptions over time
- Product perceptions among special population groups (e.g., health care providers)
- Methods for measuring product perceptions (e.g., measuring risk and harm perceptions)
- Comparative perceptions among products
- Associations between product perceptions and use
Conflicts of interest/funding:
- Authors should note that IJERPH will not consider for publication papers reporting work that is funded, in whole or in part, by a tobacco company or tobacco industry organization or affiliate or papers written by authors who accept tobacco industry or affiliate funding. Other sources of funding, particularly from e-cigarette- or pharmaceutical-related interests should be fully disclosed. The full policy is available here https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2831/htm
Dr. Olivia A. Wackowski
Dr. Jennifer Pearson
Dr. Michelle Jeong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- product perceptions
- tobacco products
- nicotine products
- attitudes and beliefs
- risk perceptions
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