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Table 1 Harm reduction beliefs for different types of cigarettes and for smokeless tobacco products (SLT), N = 3630

From: Deficiencies in public understanding about tobacco harm reduction: results from a United States national survey

 

Overall (percent of population (95 % CL))

By smoking status (percent of population (95 % CL))

  

Never smokers

Former smokers

Current smokers

 

Cigs

SLT

Cigs

SLT

Cigs

SLT

Cigs

SLT

Yes

12.6 %

9.4 %

9.9 %

9.2 %

12.5 %

9.7 %

21.9 %

10.0 %

(10.6, 14.9)

(7.7, 11.5)

(8.0, 12.2)

(7.1, 11.8)

(8.7, 17.5)

(7.7, 12.2)

(15.4, 28.9)

(5.8, 16.6)

No

64.9 %

73.5 %

64.1 %

70.1 %

69.0 %

77.3 %

62.0 %

76.8 %

(62.0, 67.6)

(70.9, 75.9)

(60.5, 67.5)

(66.7, 74.6)

(63.6, 73.9)

(73.6, 80.1)

(52.7, 70.5)

(69.0, 83.1)

Don’t Know

22.6 %

17.1 %

26.0 %

19.9 %

18.6 %

13.0 %

16.6 %

13.2 %

(20.5, 24.8)

(15.1, 19.4)

(22.7, 29.7)

(16.9, 23.2)

(14.9, 22.9)

(10.4, 16.1)

(11.2, 24.0)

(8.4, 20.2)