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Effect of brief nicotine corrective messaging on nicotine beliefs in persons who use opioids.
Author(s) -
Maria A. Parker,
Jodi E Byers,
Andrea C. Villanti
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.066
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1936-2293
pISSN - 1064-1297
DOI - 10.1037/pha0000497
Subject(s) - nicotine , medicine , opioid , nicotine replacement therapy , young adult , psychiatry , receptor
This pilot study tested the effect of a brief nicotine education messaging exposure on beliefs about nicotine, nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), and e-cigarettes. Participants ages 18 and older were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk to complete a 20-min online survey in April/May 2020 to assess relationships between opioid use, smoking, and other behaviors. Participants with past-month extra-medical opioid use completed questions on background characteristics and literacy and then were randomized in a 2:1 ratio of two conditions: nicotine education ( n = 362) or no message control ( n = 181). Beliefs about nicotine, NRT, and e-cigarettes were asked of all participants; this occurred after message exposure for the nicotine education condition. Bivariate and multivariable analyses examined differences in beliefs by study condition. Brief nicotine messaging increased the probability of a correct response to "Nicotine is a cause of cancer" (false, 63% vs. 36%) and reduced the probability of a don't know response (9% vs. 17%) compared to the no message control condition. Nicotine education also reduced false beliefs about harms of long-term NRT use compared to cigarettes ( p < .05). In adjusted models, participants in the nicotine education group had lower mean false beliefs about nicotine ( p < .001) and to a lesser extent NRT ( p = .053) compared with the control group; there was no difference in mean false beliefs about e-cigarettes ( p = .547) between groups. A brief education intervention produced similar changes in nicotine beliefs in adults with past-month extra-medical opioid use as in a general adult sample. Findings support the potential for impact of nicotine public education messaging in vulnerable populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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