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Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland
Vaporizers (e-cigarettes) are the most common smoking cessation aids in Switzerland, but we do not know what information customers receive in vape shops. We surveyed vape-shop managers to find out what recommendations they make to their customers. An interdisciplinary group developed the questionnai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682603 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010861 |
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author | Joss, Sandra Moser, Anna Jakob, Julian Tal, Kali Etter, Jean-François Selby, Kevin Schoeni, Anna Poirson, Philippe Auer, Reto |
author_facet | Joss, Sandra Moser, Anna Jakob, Julian Tal, Kali Etter, Jean-François Selby, Kevin Schoeni, Anna Poirson, Philippe Auer, Reto |
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description | Vaporizers (e-cigarettes) are the most common smoking cessation aids in Switzerland, but we do not know what information customers receive in vape shops. We surveyed vape-shop managers to find out what recommendations they make to their customers. An interdisciplinary group developed the questionnaire. Respondents self-reported their smoking history, demographics, and the recommendations they thought they would give to hypothetical customers in clinical vignettes. We also queried if they collaborated with health care professionals. Of those contacted, 53.8% (70/130) of vape-shop managers responded, and 52.3% (68/130) were included in the final analysis. Managers were mostly male and ex-smokers who switched to vaporizers; 60.3% would encourage a hypothetical smoker with high nicotine dependence to start with the highest possible nicotine concentration when switching to vaporizers. For this smoker, 36.9% would recommend high (≥15 mg/mL), 32.3% medium (6–14 mg/mL), and 3.1% low (1–5 mg/mL) nicotine concentrations. The rest adapted their recommendations to fit the customer or device; 76.5% reported that physicians referred customers to them, and 78.8% would attend a course given by experts in the field of vaporizers and smoking cessation. Vape-shop managers varied widely in the recommendations they gave customers. Most reported ongoing collaboration with health care professionals and were interested in improving their counselling skills through training. |
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spelling | pubmed-85353702021-10-23 Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland Joss, Sandra Moser, Anna Jakob, Julian Tal, Kali Etter, Jean-François Selby, Kevin Schoeni, Anna Poirson, Philippe Auer, Reto Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Vaporizers (e-cigarettes) are the most common smoking cessation aids in Switzerland, but we do not know what information customers receive in vape shops. We surveyed vape-shop managers to find out what recommendations they make to their customers. An interdisciplinary group developed the questionnaire. Respondents self-reported their smoking history, demographics, and the recommendations they thought they would give to hypothetical customers in clinical vignettes. We also queried if they collaborated with health care professionals. Of those contacted, 53.8% (70/130) of vape-shop managers responded, and 52.3% (68/130) were included in the final analysis. Managers were mostly male and ex-smokers who switched to vaporizers; 60.3% would encourage a hypothetical smoker with high nicotine dependence to start with the highest possible nicotine concentration when switching to vaporizers. For this smoker, 36.9% would recommend high (≥15 mg/mL), 32.3% medium (6–14 mg/mL), and 3.1% low (1–5 mg/mL) nicotine concentrations. The rest adapted their recommendations to fit the customer or device; 76.5% reported that physicians referred customers to them, and 78.8% would attend a course given by experts in the field of vaporizers and smoking cessation. Vape-shop managers varied widely in the recommendations they gave customers. Most reported ongoing collaboration with health care professionals and were interested in improving their counselling skills through training. MDPI 2021-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8535370/ /pubmed/34682603 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010861 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Joss, Sandra Moser, Anna Jakob, Julian Tal, Kali Etter, Jean-François Selby, Kevin Schoeni, Anna Poirson, Philippe Auer, Reto Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title | Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title_full | Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title_fullStr | Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title_full_unstemmed | Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title_short | Counseling in Vape Shops: A Survey of Vape Shop Managers in Switzerland |
title_sort | counseling in vape shops: a survey of vape shop managers in switzerland |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682603 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010861 |
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