title: Health perceptions of home-grown tobacco (chop-chop) smokers.
abstract: We present results from a qualitative study of smokers of home-grown tobacco (chop-chop). In particular, we focused on participants' perceptions of the health effects of smoking chop-chop relative to legal tobacco. Consistent with previous work, we found that smokers of chop-chop believe that relatively less chemical treatment of chop-chop tobacco meant lower health risks than with legal products, although many believed the ultimate difference in effect on health was negligible.
authors.affiliation: The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Campbell
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: Tim R L
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grahlmann
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D051639:Gardening; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D014026:Nicotiana