Employee and customer handling of nicotine containing e liquids in vape shops
Employee and customer handling of nicotine containing e liquids in vape shops
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DOI：
10.18332/tpc/67295
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Sussman, Steve
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作者：
Garcia, Robert;Allem, Jon Patrick;Sussman, Steve
简介Vape商店出售电子烟和相关产品，如可能含有尼古丁的电子液体。直接接触尼古丁可能会对健康造成不良影响，而且关于如何在电子烟商店处理尼古丁的规定很少。这项研究调查了顾客和员工如何接触和处理电子烟商店中含有尼古丁的电子液体，目的是为未来对电子烟商店尼古丁处理的潜在监管提供信息。方法收集了洛杉矶盆地77家电子烟商店的数据。通过对员工的采访和对商店的观察，记录了商店的特征。数据收集集中在感兴趣社区高度集中的地区的商店20家来自非裔美国人社区，17家来自西班牙裔社区，18家来自韩国社区，22家来自非西班牙裔白人社区。结果一半的电子烟商店允许顾客品尝含有尼古丁的电子液体。大部分商店(83%)为顾客提供自助取样站。大多数商店员工(72%)报告说，含有尼古丁的电子液体过去曾发生过溢出。虽然%的商店提供安全设备，但只有34%的商店提供正确处理尼古丁的设备。此外，62%的商店员工报告在没有手套或其他安全设备的情况下处理尼古丁。结论对顾客和电子烟商店员工处理尼古丁的监管对于防止不安全做法和随后的伤害非常重要。电子烟商店经常发生泄漏事件，安全设备有限，这突出表明有必要制定和执行法规，以保护员工和顾客。应为员工提供适当的安全培训和设备，以防止意外接触尼古丁。关于如何安全处理尼古丁的信息应该传达给Vape商店的员工和顾客。
INTRODUCTION Vape shops sell electronic cigarettes and related products such as e-liquids, which may contain nicotine. Direct contact with nicotine can lead to adverse health effects, and few regulations exist on how nicotine is handled in vape shops. This study examined how customers and employees come into contact with, and handle, nicotine-containing e-liquids in vape shops with the goal of informing potential future regulation of nicotine handling in vape shops.METHODS Data were collected from 77 vape shops in the Los Angeles basin. Characteristics of the shops were documented by employee interviews and in store observations. Data collection was focused on shops located in areas with high concentrations of communities of interest 20 shops from African-American communities, 17 from Hispanic communities, 18 from Korean communities, and 22 from non-Hispanic White communities.RESULTS Half of the vape shops allowed customers to sample e-liquids with nicotine. Most of the shops (83%) provided self-service sampling stations for customers. A majority of shop employees (72%) reported that spills of e-liquids containing nicotine had occurred in the past. While 64% of the shops provided safety equipment, only 34% provided equipment for proper nicotine handling. Furthermore, 62% of shop employees reported handling nicotine without gloves or other safety equipment.CONCLUSION Regulation on the handling of nicotine by customers and vape shop employees is important to prevent unsafe practices and subsequent injury. The frequent occurrence of spills and limited availability of safety equipment in vape shops highlights the need for the creation and enforcement of regulations to protect employees and customers. Appropriate safety training and equipment should be provided to employees to prevent accidental exposure to nicotine. Information on ways to safely handle nicotine should be communicated to vape shop employees and customers.