New Risk Management Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at Colorado State University (Influence of Risk Perception on Attitudes and…

New Risk Management Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at Colorado State University (Influence of Risk Perception on Attitudes and Norms Regarding Electronic Cigarettes)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Risk Management. According to news reporting originating from Fort Collins, Colorado, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "The use of electronic cigarettes has grown substantially over the last few years. Currently, about 4% of adults use electronic cigarettes, about 16% of high school students report use in the past 30 days, as do approximately 11-25% of college students."

Financial support for this research came from Colorado State University.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Colorado State University, "A hallmark of the reduction in tobacco use has been the shift in social norms concerning smoking in public. Such norms may also drive views on acceptability of public electronic cigarette use. While normative factors have been given attention, little substantive application of the literature on risk perception has been brought to bear. The overall aim of this study was to place a cognitive-affective measure of risk perception within a model that also includes social cues for e-cigarettes, addictiveness beliefs, and tobacco use to predict perceived social acceptability for public use of e-cigarettes. To do so, a cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted among a sample of undergraduate students at a Western university (n = 395). A structural equation model showed that the acceptability of public e-cigarette use was influenced by social cues, beliefs about addiction, and cognitive risk perception, even after controlling for nicotine use. What is revealed is that cognitive assessment of e-cigarette risk and perception of addictiveness had a suppressing effect on perceived acceptability of public vaping, while greater exposure to social cues exerted a countervailing effect."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "This is evidence of the role that risk perception and social norms may play in the increases in electronic cigarette use that have been observed."

For more information on this research see: Influence of Risk Perception on Attitudes and Norms Regarding Electronic Cigarettes. Risk Analysis, 2018;38(5):906-916. Risk Analysis can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C.W. Trumbo, Colorado State University, Dept. of Journalism & Media Commun, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12918. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, North and Central America, Risk Management, Risk and Prevention, Colorado State University.

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