Critical Challenges and Creative Solutions for Quantifying Nicotine Vaping: Qualitative Reports From Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous studies suggest that young adults who vape nicotine experience difficulty when answering survey items assessing the quantity of vaping. The current study asked young adults who vape to provide suggestions for improving the scientific measurement of vaping.

Aims and methods

We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 62 young adults who vape in Los Angeles, California between June 2018 and June 2019. We analyzed participants' responses to the following question: "What do you think is the best way for us to understand how much people vape?" using thematic content analysis.

Results

We identified two major themes: (1) challenges stemming from differences between the way researchers query about vaping and how individuals self-monitor vapi

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature