Attitudes and Risk Perceptions toward Smoking among Adolescents who Modify Cigar Products

Abstract

Findings suggest that CCLC users may think cigars are safer than cigarettes, and that modifiers may think their use is safer and more in line with their parents' views than non-modified CCLCs.

Preventing Tobacco-Related Cancer Disparities: A Focus on Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations

“…Their findings suggest risk and protective factors for CCLC use, including low risk perceptions compared with cigarettes and parental disapproval, respectively. In a nationally representative sample of adults, Greenberg et al 13 also focus on risk perceptions, finding lower support for a Federal Drug Admin-cer risks. Moreover, there are historical and contemporary forms of oppression and exclusion that add to the complexity of meeting these individual-level goals.…”

“…Three articles in this issue highlight the importance of understanding individual-difference variables that may influence menthol cigarette and cigar smoking and point to novel intervention targets. Trapl and Koopman Gonzalez 13 highlight the high prevalence of cigar, cigarillo, and little cigar (CCLC) use, and tobacco product modification (ie, freaking and blunting) particularly among adolescent African American males. Their findings suggest risk and protective factors for CCLC use, including low risk perceptions compared with cigarettes and parental disapproval, respectively.…”

Health and Health Care Disparities in Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases: Learning from One to Improve the Other

“…find the articles in this issue of Ethnicity & Disease intriguing. The articles address three areas of focus that are highly relevant for, and applicable to, cardiovascular disease: lifestyle behaviors, attitudes, knowledge and perceptions [12][13][14] ; promising interventions 15,16 ; and policies and training. 17,18 These are all areas where progress made in our understanding of cancer disparities and the design of effective interventions can have direct benefit for addressing cardiovascular disparities.…”

“…For example, racial and ethnic differences in youth risk behavior and personal and parental attitudes toward the use of cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, little cigars, and modified tobacco products can contribute to disparities in the future burden of both cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Effective interventions based on the observations by Trapl and Koopman Gonzalez 12 will likely benefit disparities reductions for both cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Similarly, the important lesson of properly accounting for demographics in assessing the likelihood of smoking cessation 13 can be invaluable in informing interventions for promoting health and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in cancer and cardiovascular diseases related to tobacco use.…”

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“…Although the 2019 NYTS reported data for all cigar products, three types of cigars are sold in the United States: traditional cigars (large cigars or "regular" cigars that are � 7 inches and contain 5-20 grams of tobacco), cigarillos (smaller cigars that are bigger than a cigarette and contain 3 grams of tobacco), and filtered cigars (same size and shape of cigarettes, maintaining a filter and contain 1 gram of tobacco) [3,4]. Some youth smoke cigarillos as 'blunts' by removing the tobacco from its casing and replacing it with marijuana and still using the cigarillos or filtered cigars with some or none of the tobacco that originally came in these tobacco products [5][6][7]. In addition to differing by size, recent studies suggest that youth users have different patterns of use for these products.…”