Experts' consensus on use of electronic cigarettes: a Delphi survey from Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In some countries, nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are considered a consumer product without specific regulations. In others (eg, Switzerland), the sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine is forbidden, despite the eagerness of many smokers to obtain them. As scientific data about efficacy and long-term safety of these products are scarce, tobacco control experts are divided on how to regulate them. In order to gain consensus among experts to provide recommendations to health authorities, we performed a national consensus study.

Setting

We used a Delphi method with electronic questionnaires to bring together the opinion of Swiss experts on e-cigarettes.

Participants

40 Swiss experts from across the country.

Outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Blaser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4401841 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature