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Table 6 PRI Health and Addiction Risk Items

From: Development and validation of a new instrument to measure perceived risks associated with the use of tobacco and nicotine-containing products

Domain, item (abbreviated)a

Item location

Standard error

χ2

(df = 9)

p2)b

PRI Perceived Health Risk

 Cough lasting for days

0.150

0.021

4.612

0.867

 Gum health

0.035

0.022

2.275

0.986

 Lung cancer

− 0.477

0.021

7.998

0.534

 Wheezing

−0.193

0.021

1.421

0.998

 Mouth throat cancer

−0.058

0.022

0.931

1.000

 Aging faster

−0.015

0.021

0.445

1.000

 Minor illnesses

0.176

0.022

1.968

0.992

 Respiratory infection

−0.051

0.022

5.752

0.764

 Serious illness

0.049

0.022

4.425

0.881

 Reduced stamina

0.135

0.022

2.138

0.989

 Emphysema

−0.132

0.021

3.447

0.944

 Cough in the morning

0.045

0.021

2.879

0.969

 Sense of taste

−0.288

0.022

3.543

0.939

 Heart disease

−0.147

0.021

0.817

1.000

 Earlier death

0.426

0.022

5.717

0.768

 Sores mouth throat

0.319

0.022

4.140

0.902

 Unfit

0.001

0.022

0.824

1.000

 Other cancer

0.150

0.021

4.612

0.867

PRI Perceived Addiction Risk

 Being unable quit

0.428

0.028

6.203

0.719

 Feeling addicted

−0.133

0.025

6.343

0.705

 To feel better

0.311

0.026

2.750

0.973

 Feeling like have to smoke

0.105

0.026

4.742

0.856

 Cannot stop

0.230

0.028

3.665

0.932

 Feeling unable quit

0.097

0.028

2.853

0.970

 Anxiety situation people smoke

−1.038

0.054

10.612

0.303

  1. aFull item wording available through MAPI Research Trust
  2. bp values based on a random sample of n = 500