Vapor Store Owner Beliefs and Messages to Customers
Vapor Store Owner Beliefs and Messages to Customers
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DOI：
10.1093/ntr/ntv129
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Wann, Taylor Franklin
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作者：
Cheney, Marshall K.;Gowin, Mary;Wann, Taylor Franklin
简介：电子烟（电子烟）的使用正变得越来越受欢迎，但鲜为人知的是，当地的蒸汽商店在促进使用和影响客户的态度和信念vaping.Methods的作用：三十三蒸汽商店老板接受了采访，他们的个人信念和态度对电子烟和他们告诉客户使用电子烟对健康的影响。采访记录，然后转录，编码，并分析themes.Results：蒸汽商店业主使用互联网获取有关vaping的信息，最常见的是从YouTube和行业来源。所有者通常没有接受过严格评估互联网上发布的研究报告的培训。业主推广vaping作为吸烟的更健康的替代品，并经常将其与医疗进行比较。业主认为电子液体中的成分是安全的，如果它是安全的食用，并讨论了其他食品蒸汽成分被发现。业主们还讨论了二手蒸汽的安全性。业主通过比较尼古丁和咖啡因来描述电子液体中尼古丁对健康的影响，并宣传电子液体中的尼古丁来自蔬菜而不是烟草。最后，店主们谈到了吸电子烟是一种习惯，而不是对尼古丁的持续上瘾。结论：当地店主是当前和潜在电子烟使用者健康信息的重要来源，但他们向顾客传达的信息可能基于不完整或误解的信息。了解当地商店所有者的消息，客户除了基于互联网的消息是未来的公共卫生研究的一个重要领域。
Introduction: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is becoming increasingly popular but little is known about the role of the local vapor store in promoting use and influencing customer attitudes and beliefs about vaping.Methods: Thirty-three vapor store owners were interviewed about their personal beliefs and attitudes about e-cigarettes and what they told customers about the health impact of using e-cigarettes. Interviews were recorded then transcribed, coded, and analyzed for themes.Results: Vapor store owners used the internet to obtain information about vaping, most often from YouTube and industry sources. Owners often did not have the training to critically evaluate research studies posted on the internet. Owners promoted vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking and often compared it to a medical treatment. Owners considered ingredients in the e-liquid as safe to use if it was safe to eat and discussed other foods vapor ingredients were found in. Owners also discussed the safety of secondhand vapor. Owners described the health impact of nicotine in e-liquid by comparing nicotine to caffeine and promoted the nicotine in e-liquid as coming from vegetables rather than tobacco. Finally, owners talked about vaping as a habit rather than a continued addiction to nicotine.Conclusions: Local store owners are an important source of health information for current and potential e-cigarette users but their messages to customers may be based on incomplete or misinterpreted information. Understanding local store owner messages to customers in addition to internet-based messages is an important area for future public health research.