Preliminary investigation of the advertising and availability of PREPs, the new safe tobacco products

The tobacco industry recently introduced a new set of "safe" cigarettes and nicotine delivery devices that purportedly entail reduced tobacco-related disease risk due to their lower level of some carcinogens and toxins. Little is know about the biological impact of these potential reduced...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 2004-08, Vol.27 (4), p.413-424
Main Authors: HICKMAN, Norval, KLONOFF, Elizabeth A, WESLOWSKI, Zorahna, LANDRINE, Hope, KASHIMA, Kennon, PAREKH, Bina, FERNANDEZ, Senaida, THOMAS, Kamala, BROUILLARD, Catherine, ZOLEZZI, Michele, JENSEN, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advertising
Advertising - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Carbon Monoxide - analysis
Carbon Monoxide - toxicity
Carcinogens
Cigarettes
Clinical psychology
Graduate studies
Humans
Medical sciences
Nicotine
Nicotine - administration & dosage
Nicotine - analysis
Pilot projects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
Tobacco Industry
Tobacco Products
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Summary:The tobacco industry recently introduced a new set of "safe" cigarettes and nicotine delivery devices that purportedly entail reduced tobacco-related disease risk due to their lower level of some carcinogens and toxins. Little is know about the biological impact of these potential reduced exposure products (PREPs) and nothing is known about their advertising and availability. Hence, two pilot studies were conducted to examine the latter issues for the first time. In Study 1, we examined tobacco ads in 10 popular magazines 1998--2002 and found that only 1% of ads were for PREPs. In Study 2, we attempted to purchase PREPs in a random sample of 113 small stores and found that only 4.4% sold any PREP. These preliminary findings tentatively suggest that the industry might not yet be heavily invested in products that have the potential to increase tobacco use by decreasing its perceived harm. Studies with larger samples are recommended.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1023/B:JOBM.0000042413.69425.aa