Where Do Vapers Buy Their Vaping Supplies? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) 4 Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

被引：44

作者：

Braak, David C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Cummings, K. Michael ^{[3
,4
]}

Nahhas, Georges J. ^{[3
,4
]}

Heckman, Bryan W. ^{[3
,4
]}

Borland, Ron ^{[5
,6
]}

Fong, Geoffrey T. ^{[7
,8
,9
]}

Hammond, David ^{[8
]}

Boudreau, Christian ^{[10
]}

McNeill, Ann ^{[11
]}

Levy, David T. ^{[12
]}

Shang, Ce ^{[13
]}

机构：

[1] Med Univ South Carolina, Coll Grad Studies, Charleston, SC 29425 USA

[2] Med Univ South Carolina, Coll Med, Charleston, SC 29425 USA

[3] Med Univ South Carolina, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Charleston, SC 29425 USA

[4] Med Univ South Carolina, Hollings Canc Ctr, Charleston, SC 29425 USA

[5] Canc Council Victoria, Nigel Gray Fellowship Grp, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia

[6] Deakin Univ, Sch Psychol, Melbourne, Vic 3220, Australia

[7] Univ Waterloo, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[8] Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth & Hlth Syst, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[9] Ontario Inst Canc Res, Toronto, ON M5G 0A3, Canada

[10] Univ Waterloo, Dept Stat & Actuarial Sci, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[11] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Dept Addict, London WC2R 2LS, England

[12] Georgetown Univ, Dept Oncol, Lombardi Comprehens Canc Ctr, Washington, DC 20057 USA

[13] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Stephenson Canc Ctr, Oklahoma Tobacco Res Ctr, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2019年 / 16卷 / 03期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会; 加拿大健康研究院;

关键词：

electronic cigarettes; vaping; vaping policies; HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EXPOSURE; TRIAL;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph16030338

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Aim: This study examines where vapers purchase their vaping refills in countries having different regulations over such devices, Canada (CA), the United States (US), England (EN), and Australia (AU). Methods: Data were available from 1899 current adult daily and weekly vapers who participated in the 2016 (Wave 1) International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping. The outcome was purchase location of vaping supplies (online, vape shop, other). Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were reported for between country comparisons. Results: Overall, 41.4% of current vapers bought their vaping products from vape shops, 27.5% bought them online, and 31.1% from other retail locations. The vast majority of vapers (91.1%) reported using nicotine-containing e-liquids. In AU, vapers were more likely to buy online vs other locations compared to CA (OR = 6.4, 2.3-17.9), the US (OR = 4.1, 1.54-10.7), and EN (OR = 7.9, 2.9-21.8). In the US, they were more likely to buy from vape shops (OR = 3.3, 1.8-6.2) or online (OR = 1.9, 1.0-3.8) vs other retail locations when compared to those in EN. In CA, vapers were more likely to purchase at vape shops than at other retail locations when compared to vapers in EN (5.9, 3.2-10.9) and the US (1.87, 1.0-3.1). Conclusions: The regulatory environment and enforcement of such regulations appear to influence the location where vapers buy their vaping products. In AU, banning the retail sale of nicotine vaping products has led vapers to rely mainly on online purchasing sources, whereas the lack of enforcement of the same regulation in CA has allowed specialty vape shops to flourish.

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