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A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she has ever looked for cancer information from any sources. (Questions HC09 in HINTS1, CA08 in HINTS2, and HC08 in HINTS 3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she has ever looked for information about health or medical topics from any source. (Question HC01 in HINTS3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks smoking increases their chance of cancer a lot. (Question CK13 in HINTS 1.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that lung cancer causes the most deaths. (Question CK15 in HINTS 1.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she has ever heard of a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. (Question CC15 in HINTS1.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that at age 50 people supposed to start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams. (Question CC24 in HINTS1.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she has ever heard about HPV. (Question CV11 in HINTS2.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she believes that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates tobacco products in the U.S. (Question J11 in HINTS4-2 and I9 in HINTS4-3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that electronic cigarettes is less harmful or much less harmful compared to smoking cigarettes. (Question J10 in HINTS4-2 and I7 in HINTS4-3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that smoking tobacco using a hookah is less harmful or much less harmful compared to smoking cigarettes. (Question I8 in HINTS4-3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she strongly agree or somewhat agree that breast cancer is more common than lung cancer. (Question N5f in HINTS4-2.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she has ever heard of the cervical cancer vaccine or HPV shot. (Question K1 in HINTS4-3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). (Question K3 in HINTS4-3.)
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that HPV will often go away on its own without treatment. (Question K5 in HINTS4-3).
A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that HPV can cause cervical cancer. (Question K3 in HINTS4-3.)