THR versus prevention 10 years from now‡ (% answering that THR will have a larger/smaller role§) | 12.1/67.4 | 7.4/73.0 | 13.3/71.4 | 0.081 | 13.1/57.9 | 12.0/68.1 | 0.068 |
THR versus cessation 10 years from now‡ (% answering that THR will have a larger/smaller role§) | 26.0/38.8 | 20.0/46.8 | 24.0/41.5 | 0.424 | 29.6/34.3 | 26.4/38.1 | 0.682 |
THR versus reducing ETS 10 years from now‡ (% answering that THR will have a larger/smaller role§) | 24.5/47.5 | 20.0/56.8 | 23.9/49.0 | 0.249 | 21.6/49.0 | 24.4/46.8 | 0.811 |
Negative effects of THR¶ (% answering agree or strongly agree/% disagree or strongly disagree): | | | | | | | |
Reduce rate of smoking cessation | 49.3/32.1 | 49.7/30.8 | 51.8/30.6 | 0.845 | 45.6/35.0 | 48.3/32.0 | 0.826 |
Cause children to experiment with nicotine products | 48.2/34.4 | 38.9/41.1 | 55.8/28.5 | <0.001 | 41.2/39.2 | 50.1/33.3 | 0.230 |
Unintended negative side effects on health of users | 63.1/13.0 | 58.9/12.3 | 66.3/11.5 | 0.252 | 58.4/11.2 | 64.0/13.2 | 0.575 |
Eventual impact of THR on health of American public (% answering benefit/% harm§) | 26.4/56.0 | 30.7/45.4 | 23.9/59.3 | 0.016 | 24.7/52.6 | 26.0/56.5 | 0.507 |
Health risks for individual smokers of smoking low tar and nicotine cigarettes versus full strength filtered cigarettes (% answering increase risks/% decrease risks§) | 20.7/10.4 | 22.0/6.6 | 21.4/8.5 | 0.748 | 21.7/5.7 | 20.9/11.7 | 0.164 |
Impact on collective health of Americans if low tar and nicotine cigarettes never marketed (% answering better/% worse§) | 40.4/7.5 | 44.2/5.8 | 37.3/6.5 | 0.336 | 47.7/9.2 | 36.9/7.9 | 0.055 |