Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Increasing perceived choice about change in smokers: implications.

John A Cunningham1, Peter L Selby, Guy Faulkner

  • 1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada. John_Cunningham@camh.net

Addictive Behaviors
|February 20, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Revisiting the Exercise Recommendations in the 2023 CANMAT Guidelines for Major Depressive Disorder.

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie·2026
Same author

App-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Individuals With Depression (MoodMover): Single-Arm, Pre-Post Proof-of-Concept and Feasibility Study.

JMIR formative research·2026
Same author

Characteristics of Canadian Adult Physical Activity Persona Profiles.

Journal of physical activity & health·2026
Same author

Exploring Motives for Reducing Alcohol Consumption Among Users of an Alcohol Reduction App: Content Analysis.

JMIR public health and surveillance·2026
Same author

Prevalence and correlates of active transportation to campus among Canadian post-secondary students: evidence from the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey.

Frontiers in sports and active living·2026
Same author

The Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Social Media and Mental Health Among a Large Sample of Adolescents, Inclusive of Transgender/Gender-Diverse Adolescents.

Journal of adolescence·2026

Providing safer smoking tips increased smokers' perceived choice but also lowered their perceived health risks. This highlights a potential risk in harm reduction strategies for daily smokers.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Tobacco Control

Background:

  • Perceived choice is crucial for behavior change.
  • Harm reduction strategies aim to reduce negative health behaviors.
  • Safer smoking information may influence perceptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the immediate impact of providing "safer smoking tips" to daily smokers.
  • To examine how knowledge of safer smoking influences perceived choice.
  • To investigate the effect of safer smoking tips on perceived health risks.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial with 434 daily smokers.
  • Participants were surveyed on knowledge of safer smoking tips and perceptions of choice and health risks.
  • Exposure to safer smoking tips was manipulated between groups.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Daily smokers exposed to safer smoking tips reported higher perceived choice.
  • Exposure to safer smoking tips was associated with lower perceived health risks.
  • The findings suggest a dual impact of safer smoking information.

Conclusions:

  • Safer smoking tips can enhance perceived choice, a factor in behavior change.
  • Caution is needed as safer smoking information may reduce risk perception.
  • Future research should explore balancing perceived choice and risk awareness in tobacco harm reduction.