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

Table 8 Convergent Validity of PRI Scales with VAS Scores (Survey 2)

Scale	CC r_s (n)	THS 2.2 r_s (n)	E-CIG r_s (n)	NRT r_s (n)
PRI-P vs. VAS Health Risk	0.58 (765)	0.65 (651)	0.65 (717)	0.54 (550)
PRI-P vs. VAS Addiction Risk	0.56 (767)	0.67 (704)	0.68 (708)	0.57 (534)
PRI-G vs. VAS Health Risk	0.52 (775)	0.61 (711)	0.62 (724)	0.52 (713)
PRI-G vs. VAS Addiction Risk	0.54 (771)	0.59 (702)	0.61 (714)	0.52 (704)

CC Conventional cigarettes, E-CIG Electronic cigarettes, n number of study participants with both measurements, NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy, PRI-p Perceived Risk Instrument-Personal Risk, PRI-G Perceived Risk Instrument-General Risk, r_s Spearman rank correlation coefficient, THS Tobacco Heating System, VAS Visual Analog Scale

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