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SynthesisHealth & place2015

A review of the current geographic distribution of and debate surrounding electronic cigarette clean air regulations in the United States.

Joy Kadowaki, Mike Vuolo, Brian C Kelly

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Health & place, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017
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  6. Vaping in a Time of Pandemics: Risk Perception and Motivations for Electronic Cigarette Use.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  15. Perceived Harm of Secondhand Electronic Cigarette Vapors and Policy Support to Restrict Public Vaping: Results From a National Survey of US Adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016
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  16. Country-level correlates of e-cigarette use in the European Union.International journal of public health · 2016
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  19. Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joy KadowakiDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, 700 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: jkadowak@purdue.edu.
Mike VuoloDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, 700 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: mvuolo@purdue.edu.
Brian C KellyDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, 700 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: bckelly@purdue.edu.

Funding

Tobacco Control Policies and Individual-Level Trajectories of Youth Cigarette UseR03DA034933 · NIDA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI VUOLO, MICHAEL C · 2013 to 2014
$142k
NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA034933NIDA NIH HHS R03DA034933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, we present the results of a systematic review of state, county, and municipal restrictions on the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in public spaces within the United States, alongside an overview of the current legal landscape. The lack of federal guidance leaves lower-level jurisdictions to debate the merits of restrictions on use in public spaces without sufficient scientific research. As we show through a geographic assessment of restrictions, this has resulted in an inconsistent patchwork of e-cigarette use bans across the United States of varying degrees of coverage. Bans have emerged over time in a manner that suggests a "bottom up" diffusion of e-cigarette clean air policies. Ultimately, the lack of clinical and scientific knowledge on the risks and potential harm reduction benefits has led to precautionary policymaking, which often lacks grounding in empirical evidence and results in spatially uneven diffusion of policy.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHealth PolicyHumansUnited StatesElectronic cigarettesGeographic distribution of policyHealth policyPolicy debate

Identifiers

PMID25463920
PMCPMC4305454

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