ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2017
The Associations between Yelp Online Reviews and Vape Shops Closing or Remaining Open One Year Later.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A new form of nicotine retailers: a systematic review of the sales and marketing practices of vape shops.Tobacco control · 2018Pooled it
- Characterizing California licensure status and tobacco user experience with adverse events using Yelp data.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Association between federal and California state policy violation among vape shops and neighbourhood composition in Southern California.Tobacco control · 2021Article
- Vape Shop Proliferation and Noncompliance in Pennsylvania: A Pre- and Post-tax Analysis.Tobacco use insights · 2021Article
- A geospatial analysis of age disparities in resolute localities of tobacco and vaping-specific storefronts in California.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2021Article
- Signs and customer behaviors at vape shops: Multivariate multilevel model analysis.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Predictors of Vape Shops Going out of Business in Southern California.Tobacco regulatory science · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic Disparities in Vape Shop Density and Proximity to Public Schools in the Conterminous United States, 2018.Health promotion practice · 2020Article
- Health claims made in vape shops: an observational study and content analysis.Tobacco control · 2019Observational
- A Peek Past the Vape Clouds: Vape Shop Decline in Long Beach, California during 2015-2018.Tobacco regulatory science · 2019Article
- Commentary: The Emergence of Pod Mods at Vape Shops.Evaluation & the health professions · 2019Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of the Role of Vape Shop Environments in Supporting Smoking Abstinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionVape shops are popular brick-and-mortar stores that sell e-cigarette products but are not understood well. Previous analysis of Yelp reviews of vape shops located in various ethnic neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California in 2014 identified characteristics of vape shop as delineated by consumers. In this study, we assessed the associations between these characteristics and vape shops going out of business in 2015.
methodsContent analysis of Yelp reviews of 72 vape shops in 2014 identified 1) general characteristics of the reviews/reviewers, 2) vape shop, staff, and marketing attributes, 3) physical environment, and 4) health claims. In 2015, in-person visits confirmed that 22% of these vape shops closed permanently. We analyzed whether characteristics/attributes identified in 2014 associated with stores remaining open (n = 56) or permanently closing (n = 16) in 2015.
resultsUnivariate findings showed that open vape shops relative to closed shops had greater 1) number of reviews, 2) rebuilds/fixings, 3) ratings of staff attributes as "helpful/patient/respectful," and 4) report of the physical environment as "bar type."
conclusionsBar type vape shops and those with rebuilding/fixing capabilities were associated with staying open, suggesting the popularity of these attributes. Yelp consumer reviews is a useful research tool to identify consumer-determined important sustaining attributes of vape shops and may be used to identify aspects of enduring shops that need regulations.
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