ArticleBMC public health2018
Vape shops: who uses them and what do they do?
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- Medicalisation of vaping in the UK? E-cigarette users' perspectives on the merging of commercial and medical routes to vaping.Perspectives in public health · 2025Article
- Assessment of vape shop built environment: airborne nicotine, particulate matter, ventilation, hazard identification, workplace practices, and safety perceptions.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Examining Differences in Real-World Effectiveness of e-Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation by Source of Purchase in England: An Observational Study of Different Contexts Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Observational
- Developing a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Delphi Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Smoking, Vaping, and Smoking Cessation Services in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Subculture wars: The struggle for the vape industry.The British journal of sociology · 2023Article
- Examining the association between California tobacco licensed retail density and public support or opposition to state anti-tobacco legislation.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2023Article
- Longitudinal analysis of tobacco and vape retail density in California.Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
- Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Multi-level drivers of tobacco use and purchasing behaviors during COVID-19 "lockdown": A qualitative study in the United States.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
- A geospatial analysis of age disparities in resolute localities of tobacco and vaping-specific storefronts in California.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2021Article
- School proximity and census tract correlates of e-cigarette specialty retail outlets (vape shops) in central Texas.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Patterns of e-cigarette use, biochemically verified smoking status and self-reported changes in health status of a random sample of vapeshops customers in Greece.Internal and emergency medicine · 2019Article
- 'I Felt Welcomed in Like They're a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something': Vape Shop Customers' Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- About One in Five Novice Vapers Buying Their First E-Cigarette in a Vape Shop Are Smoking Abstinent after Six Months.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
background'Vape shops' are a popular source for buying electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and related products. The products that vape shops sell, their marketing techniques and the extent to which they provide information or encouragement to smokers to quit tobacco use, as well as the patterns of tobacco and e-cigarette use of their customers are not well understood.
methodsWe conducted cross-sectional surveys in vape shops in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom, one with shop staff (n = 41), and one with customers (n = 197).
resultsThe majority of customers (84%) currently used e-cigarettes. Among current vapers, 19% were dual users and 78% had quit smoking. Over half of vapers reported using a lower level of nicotine in their current e-liquid than when they started using e-cigarettes. There was a wide variety in products and price ranges between the shops. Many staff reported that customers ask for information about quitting smoking (90%). Less than half reported providing smoking cessation advice, although 76% of staff reported feeling confident about delivering cessation advice to customers who ask for it. Just under half of customers and shop staff said they thought it was appropriate to deliver formal in-store smoking cessation support.
conclusionsThe majority of vape shop customers are vapers who have quit smoking. Shop staff play a central role in providing customers with product information, and many provide smoking cessation advice. Further research is needed to investigate the potential for smoking cessation interventions in vape shops, including the extent to which these would appeal to non-vapers.
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