Graduation Date
Spring 5-4-2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Programs
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research
First Advisor
Mohammad Siahpush
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine three important aspects of the smoking phenomenon that are, and will remain, important for the future of tobacco control research and policy. First and currently one of the most debated and researched topics in the tobacco research field relates to the group of products regarded by some as the potentially reduced exposure products (PREPs). We studied determinants of use of these products. Second aspect was to examine the socioeconomic subgroup of smokers based on their occupations who might potentially benefit from the use of PREPs and the third stage involved studying the smoking-behavior related subgroup of highly dependent hardcore smokers who might be the prime candidates for potential harm reduction through the use of PREPs.
Recommended Citation
Shaikh, Raees A., "Potentially Reduced Exposure Products, Occupational Variations in Smoking, and Hardcore Smokers: Examining Important Elements in the Tobacco Use Spectrum" (2019). Theses & Dissertations. 356.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/etd/356