VapeCons: E-cigarette user conventions

Electronic Cigarette (E-Cigarette) Using: Toxicological Aspects

INTRODUCTION Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), which can be as also called “personal vaporizer”, “vape pen”, “e-waterpipe”, or “e-cigarette”, have become increasingly popular in recent years (1). The supporters of ENDS argue that the users are exposed to lesser chemicals, and these systems help quit smoking, and thus, ENDSs are safer than cigarettes (2). E-cigarette is a product that...

Identifying Topics for E-Cigarette User-Generated Contents: A Case Study From Multiple Social Media Platforms

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is an emerging product with a rapid-growth market in recent years. Social media has become an important platform for information seeking and sharing. We aim to mine hidden topics from e-cigarette datasets collected from different social media platforms. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to gain a systematic understanding of the characteristics of various ...

Modelling Animal Behaviour in Contests : Conventions for Resour e Allo

Toward automated e-cigarette surveillance: Spotting e-cigarette proponents on Twitter

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or e-cigs) are a popular emerging tobacco product. Because e-cigs do not generate toxic tobacco combustion products that result from smoking regular cigarettes, they are sometimes perceived and promoted as a less harmful alternative to smoking and also as means to quit smoking. However, the safety of e-cigs and their efficacy in supporting smoking ...

Smokers’ and E-Cigarette Users’ Perceptions about E-Cigarette Warning Statements

Cigarette warning labels are important sources of risk information, but warning research for other tobacco products is limited. This study aimed to gauge perceptions about warnings that may be used for e-cigarettes. We conducted six small focus groups in late 2014/early 2015 with adult current e-cigarette users and cigarette-only smokers. Participants rated and discussed their perceptions of si...