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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

An Online Survey of New Zealand Vapers.

Penelope Truman, Marewa Glover, Trish Fraser

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. E-Cigarettes Use Behaviors in Japan: An Online Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. Rescuing Vapers Versus Rescuing Smokers: The Ethics.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021
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  4. Lessons and Guidance from the Special Issue on Electronic Cigarette Use and Public Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Penelope TrumanSchool of Health Sciences, Massey University, Wellington 6021, New Zealand. p.truman@massey.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0003-1417-1313
Marewa GloverSchool of Health Sciences, Massey University, Auckland 0632, New Zealand. m.glover@massey.ac.nz.
Trish FraserGlobal Public Health Ltd., Glenorchy 9350, New Zealand. trish@tukuwahaglenorchy.com.
Massey University · NZNew Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using electronic cigarettes (vaping) is controversial, but is increasingly widespread. This paper reports the results of an electronic survey of vapers in New Zealand, a country where the sale and supply of e-liquids containing nicotine is illegal, although vapers can legally access e-liquids from overseas. An on-line survey was conducted, using vaper and smoking cessation networks for recruitment, with follow up surveys conducted 1 and 2 months after the initial survey. 218 participants were recruited. Almost all had been smokers, but three quarters no longer smoked, with the remainder having significantly reduced their tobacco use. Three participants were non-smokers before starting to vape, but none had gone on to become smokers. The overriding motivation to begin and continue vaping was to stop or to reduce smoking. The results were consistent with a progression from initially both vaping and smoking using less effective electronic cigarette types, then moving to more powerful devices, experimentation with flavors and nicotine strengths-all resulting in reducing or stopping tobacco use. Lack of access to nicotine and lack of support for their chosen cessation method were the main problems reported. Vaping had resulted in effective smoking cessation for the majority of participants.

Indexed as

Smoking CessationAdultAgedElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotivationNew ZealandSmokersSurveys and QuestionnairesVapingYoung Adultelectronic cigarettesnicotinesmoking cessationtobacco dependencevaping

Identifiers

PMID29382129
PMCPMC5858291
OpenAlexW2788601972

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