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Vape Shops in the United States Supplement/2016 vol. 2
Vape Shops in the United States
Electronic or e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that are used to vaporize a propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin solution, generally with some type of flavoring, and which may also contain liquid nicotine in various concentrations. Vape shops specialize in the distribution, marketing, and sale of e-cigarettes and related paraphernalia. As the vape shop industry begins to be regulated by public agencies, it becomes imperative to engage in research on this new modality of sales of e-cigarette products and understand its functions and, potentially, its reactions to regulations. There are rather few currently published peer-reviewed papers in this arena.
This Special Issue will greatly increase the pool of research papers in this arena, and provide marketing, vaping behavior, and policy-related information from vape shops and their customers located in the United States.
This is the first Issue of its kind on vape shops.
RESEARCH PAPER
Marketing activities of vape shops across racial/ethnic communities
Robert Garcia, Anupreet Sidhu, Jon Patrick Allem, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Jennifer B. Unger, Steve Sussman
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):12
RESEARCH PAPER
A Dollars and “Sense” Exploration of Vape Shop Spending and E-cigarette Use
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):10
RESEARCH PAPER
The Associations between Yelp Online Reviews and Vape Shops Closing or Remaining Open One Year Later
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):9
RESEARCH PAPER
Vape Shop Employees: Public Health Advocates?
Joy L. Hart, Kandi L. Walker, Clara G. Sears, Alexander S. Lee, Courteney Smith, Allison Siu, Rachel Keith, S. Lee Ridner
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):8
RESEARCH PAPER
Employee and customer handling of nicotine-containing e-liquids in vape shops
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):7
RESEARCH PAPER
A Pilot Study of Retail ‘Vape Shops’ in the San Francisco Bay Area
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):6
RESEARCH PAPER
Examining the Smoking and Vaping Behaviors and Preferences of Vape Shop Customers
Theodore Lee Wagener, Raees A. Shaikh, Ellen Meier, Alayna P. Tackett, Noor N. Tahirkheli, Eleanor L. Leavens, Leslie Driskill
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):5
RESEARCH PAPER
Visited a vape shop? Prevalence and correlates from a national sample of U.S. young adults
Shyanika W. Rose, Amy M. Cohn, Jennifer L. Pearson, Amanda L. Johnson, Jessica M. Rath, Andrea C. Villanti
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):4
RESEARCH PAPER
Vape shop retailers’ perceptions of their customers, products and services: A content analysis
Jennifer Yo-ka Tsai, Ricky Bluthenthal, Jon Patrick Allem, Robert Garcia, Jocelyn Garcia, Jennifer Unger, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Steve Y. Sussman
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2016;2(Supplement):3