Table 3.
Contrasts Between Survey Waves (2017–2020) Within Each Country for Exposure to Mostly Negative News Stories and Perceptions of Vaping Harms, Adjusting for Demographic Covariates.
Full sample (n = 63 380) | Past 30-day vapers (n = 9 442) | |||||||
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Exposure to mostly negative news stories about vaping | Accurate perception that vaping is less harmful than smoking | Perception that vaping takes less than a year to harm users’ health | Worry that vaping will damage your health in the future | |||||
AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | P | |
England | ||||||||
2017 (Jul–Aug) | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||
2018 (Aug–Sep) | 1.09 (1.07–1.11) | <.001 | 1.00 (0.98–1.02) | .929 | 1.04 (1.02–1.06) | <.001 | 1.08 (1.01–1.15) | .032 |
2019 (Aug–Sep) | 1.21 (1.19–1.24) | <.001 | 0.93 (0.91–0.96) | <.001 | 1.08 (1.06–1.10) | <.001 | 1.09 (1.02–1.15) | .007 |
2020 (Feb–Mar) | 1.24 (1.22–1.26) | <.001 | 0.86 (0.84–0.88) | <.001 | 1.12 (1.10–1.14) | <.001 | 1.12 (1.05–1.18) | <.001 |
2020 (Aug) | 1.12 (1.10–1.14) | <.001 | 0.87 (0.85–0.89) | <.001 | 1.11 (1.08–1.13) | <.001 | 1.11 (1.05–1.18) | .001 |
Canada | ||||||||
2017 (Jul–Aug) | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||
2018 (Aug–Sep) | 1.07 (1.05–1.09) | <.001 | 0.99 (0.97–1.02) | .593 | 1.04 (1.02–1.07) | <.001 | 1.02 (0.96–1.08) | .575 |
2019 (Aug–Sep) | 1.33 (1.30–1.36) | <.001 | 0.87 (0.85–0.89) | <.001 | 1.10 (1.08–1.13) | <.001 | 1.14 (1.07–1.21) | <.001 |
2020 (Feb–Mar) | 1.50 (1.47–1.53) | <.001 | 0.80 (0.78–0.82) | <.001 | 1.20 (1.18–1.23) | <.001 | 1.22 (1.15–1.30) | <.001 |
2020 (Aug) | 1.23 (1.21–1.26) | <.001 | 0.81 (0.79–0.83) | <.001 | 1.20 (1.17–1.23) | <.001 | 1.15 (1.08–1.23) | <.001 |
United States | ||||||||
2017 (Jul–Aug) | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||
2018 (Aug–Sep) | 1.11 (1.09–1.13) | <.001 | 0.93 (0.91–0.95) | <.001 | 1.06 (1.04–1.09) | <.001 | 1.06 (1.00–1.12) | .043 |
2019 (Aug–Sep) | 1.39 (1.36–1.42) | <.001 | 0.82 (0.80–0.84) | <.001 | 1.15 (1.12–1.18) | <.001 | 1.11 (1.05–1.18) | <.001 |
2020 (Feb–Mar) | 1.59 (1.56–1.63) | <.001 | 0.76 (0.74–0.78) | <.001 | 1.22 (1.19–1.25) | <.001 | 1.13 (1.07–1.20) | <.001 |
2020 (Aug) | 1.34 (1.31–1.37) | <.001 | 0.79 (0.77–0.81) | <.001 | 1.20 (1.18–1.23) | <.001 | 1.09 (1.03–1.16) | .003 |