Sinclair Catherine F, Foushee Herman R, Scarinci Isabel, Carroll William R
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1266-75. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0126.
To assess perceptions and knowledge of health effects of smoking tobacco, blunts, and marijuana among adult African American (AA) men aged 19-30 in five Black Belt counties of rural Alabama.
Cross-sectional study using interviewer-administered oral surveys.
Four hundred and fifteen participants completed surveys. Cigarettes were the most common initial and current product used (40%) and there were more current than initial users of marijuana and blunts. Significantly more cigarette users (80%) felt that smoking cigarettes was harmful to health compared with marijuana (33%) and blunt (53%) users (p < .001). Many marijuana smokers (71%) and blunt smokers (48%) believed smoking their product was safer than cigarettes for reasons including more natural and less addictive.
When compared with cigarettes, knowledge of the health-related effects of smoking marijuana-containing products among young African American men is poor. Intervention strategies focusing on the adverse health effects of smoking marijuana are needed.
评估阿拉巴马州农村地区五个黑带县19至30岁成年非裔美国男性对吸烟、吸食大麻烟和大麻健康影响的认知和了解情况。
采用由访谈员进行的口头调查的横断面研究。
415名参与者完成了调查。香烟是最常用的初始和当前产品（40%），吸食大麻和大麻烟的当前使用者比初始使用者更多。与吸食大麻（33%）和大麻烟（53%）的使用者相比，显著更多的香烟使用者（80%）认为吸烟有害健康（p < .001）。许多吸食大麻者（71%）和吸食大麻烟者（48%）认为吸食他们的产品比吸烟更安全，理由包括更天然、成瘾性更小。
与香烟相比，年轻非裔美国男性对吸食含大麻产品的健康相关影响了解不足。需要针对吸食大麻的不良健康影响制定干预策略。
