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Jenna M Marx1, Alyssa Miller1, Alexa Windsor2
1Department of Psychology, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Objective:
This study assessed the relationship between health literacy, perceptions of traditional and electronic cigarettes, and smoking status among college students.
Participants:
Participants (N = 150; M= 20.41 years, SD 3.48), included nonsmokers (78%) and smokers (21%) of traditional (12%) and e-cigarettes (17%).
Method:
Participants completed a novel questionnaire to assess perceptions of traditional and e-cigarettes, and the Health Literacy Skills Instrument to evaluate health literacy.
Results:
Traditional cigarettes were perceived as having a greater negative impact on physical health than e-cigarettes, whereas e-cigarettes were perceived as having a greater positive impact on social-emotional health than traditional cigarettes. Most participants (57%) had below basic health literacy skills.
Conclusions:
This study did not find a relationship between health literacy skills and smoking status or smoking perceptions. Further research is needed to investigate correlates of smoking status and perceptions to inform prevention and cessation efforts.
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