How are adolescents getting their vaping products? Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) youth tobacco and vaping survey

Braak, David; Cummings, K. Michael; Nahhas, Georges J.; Reid, Jessica L.; Hammond, David

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106345

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“…Studies have shown that children still find it easy to get tobacco products [9]. Apart from purchasing cigarettes themselves where there is poor retailer compliance with the age-of-sale law, adolescents commonly ask friends over the age of 18 years to buy cigarettes for them [10]. Therefore, the introduction of T21 would deter adolescents and young adults from attempting to purchase and discourage proxy purchases by young adults for adolescents if age-of-sale for tobacco products was set at 21 years, and age verification was rigorously enforced by retailers.…”

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Statement on Tobacco 21 from the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Control Committee

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Statement on Tobacco 21 from the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Control Committee

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“…According to the International Tobacco Control (ITC) surveys, 23% of current adult e-cigarette users and 14–16% of youth and young adult e-cigarette users reported purchasing products from online stores [ 27 , 28 ]. As online sales of e-cigarettes with widely-available price promotions, online stores will likely remain as a major source for consumers to obtain cheap e-cigarette products [ 20 ].…”

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Price Promotions of E-Liquid Products Sold in Online Stores

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Background: Retailer price promotions are an important marketing strategy to attract consumers. However, there is scarce evidence on how retail price promotions are being implemented by e-cigarette online stores, particularly for e-liquid products that are not often found in brick-and-mortar stores and sold in lower prices compared to other types of e-cigarettes. Objectives: We collect data on e-liquid price-promotion activities from online stores using web scraping. From February to May 2021, we scraped the price promotion data of over 14,000 e-liquid products, from five popular online vape shops that sell nationwide in the US. We present descriptive analyses of price promotion on those products, assess price promotion practices in online stores, and discuss components of the final purchase price paid by online customers. Findings: Of the 14,000 e-liquid products and over, 13,326 (92.36%) were on sale, and each online store on average offered discounts from 9.20% to 47.53% for these products. The distribution of the after-discount price was largely similar across the five stores, and there is evidence that each store had adopted different price-promotion strategies. Conclusion: Despite low prices, price promotions are common for e-liquid products, which may undermine the effect of e-cigarette pricing policies such as excise tax that are designed to raise e-cigarette prices.

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“…Recent social media posts have portrayed how underage teenagers are taking advantage of mask-mandating measures to purchase alcohol (Dellatto, 2020) which may suggest that youth could use this tactic to purchase substances such as tobacco. Vape shops are the most commonly reported location for buying e-cigarette devices and products among adolescents (Braak et al, 2020). By remaining operational during the pandemic, vape shops are allowing for a greater possibility that minors take advantage of face mask policies and find effortless methods to purchase and acquire e-cigarette products.…”

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Longitudinal Tracking of Vape Shop Compliance With State Business Regulations Within Southern California Ethnic Neighborhoods During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The overall aim of this study is to examine vape shop business operations during COVID-19 among a cohort of 88 vape shops in the Greater Los Angeles area in Southern California, located in ethnically diverse communities. A total of six web- and/or phone-based assessments were conducted over a 12-week period (April 1, 2020–June 10, 2020), extending from the mandated closure of nonessential businesses (Stage 1; Assessments 1–3) to the reopening of nonessential sectors (Stage 2; Assessments 4–6), to evaluate business operations (open and closure statuses). The proportion of vape shops found to be noncompliant with the Governor’s executive order (i.e., open) during Stage 1 gradually increased from 54 (61.4%) at Assessment 1 (week of April 1, 2020) to 58 (65.9%) at Assessment 3 (week of April 29, 2020). Moreover, vape shops located in Hispanic/Latino and Korean/Asian communities (vs. those in non-Hispanic White and African American communities) were more likely to stay open both during and after the shutdown at Assessments 1 and 6. More specifically, vape shops located in Hispanic/Latino communities were significantly more likely to offer walk-in service during Assessment 1 (during the shutdown), and vape shops in Hispanic/Latino and Korean/Asian were significantly more likely to offer walk-in service during Assessment 6 (after the re-opening). This study demonstrates high rates of noncompliance with shutdown orders among vape shops located in ethnic communities, thus suggesting higher contextual risk factors of COVID-19 exposure among certain ethnic communities.

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How are adolescents getting their vaping products? Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) youth tobacco and vaping survey

Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

Statement on Tobacco 21 from the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Control Committee

Statement on Tobacco 21 from the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Control Committee

Price Promotions of E-Liquid Products Sold in Online Stores

Longitudinal Tracking of Vape Shop Compliance With State Business Regulations Within Southern California Ethnic Neighborhoods During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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