New study has some very interesting information on e-cig users

[Poli]

There's a new study that says e-cigs are the most popular smoking cessation tool - more so than drugs, etc.

But the study has some fascinating information on the typical e-cig consumer.

E-cig users are also unlikely to wear a ring on their left hand. Vapers are 62% more likely than all adults to be divorced or separated. That said, these e-cig users tend to have children; more than half are parents. Examining their employment status, these e-cig users are 37% more likely than all adults to work part-time and more than twice as likely to be unemployed. They have a median HHI of $39,146, considerably lower than the U.S. median HHI of $62,222. Further, these e-cig users are also unlikely to be overweight or obese, possibly because nicotine is an appetite suppressant.

Full item:Majority of adults trying to quit smoking use e-cigarettes: study | Vape Monitor

 

[ughmassa]

Hehe... any small group you study will have lower/higher averages than the group as a whole. But I bet that's all they found.. I mean I can't imagine any less interesting tid bit than wearing a band on the left hand

 

[Rickb119]

As Mark Twain once said, "There are lies, damn lies and statistics" (or studies in this case).

 

[ughmassa]

At least there is a new study out that isnt negative.

 

[Poli]

And it largely supports theory that vaping is going to be a huge tool for people seriously wanting to quit smoking.

 

[ughmassa]

And idk about nicotine being an appetite suppressant. I've gained weight since I quit smoking cigarettes 8 months ago. Of course there are many different causes but I'm hungry even when I vape. And that wasn't really the case when I smoked cigs

 

[ughmassa]

I bought an ego kit some 16mg liquid and then sat on a half pack for 2 weeks before giving it away to a homeless person. No one could ever change the fact that it works

 

[bobrob]

Wow. Married, I wear a ring on my left hand, no kids, full-time employed,overweight, I don't like video games, hate reality TV...

Am I out of the club? Does this mean I have to go back? (Not a chance in hades....)

I do like a good game of poker though.

 

[Augmented Dog]

The article doesn't mention how many participants we included in the study. For that reason, as well as personal comparison, I'm inclined to dismiss the "study" as inconsequential.

 

[ckquatt]

I can't get past this overwhelming feeling that this is some sort of joke. It reads to me like a veiled attempt at saying "e-cig users are lonely gamer nerds living in their parents basements, and that real men/women smoke real cigarettes." hidden inside a "study".

That's just me though.

 

[Spazmelda]

Hm, interesting? Maybe? I wonder how these stats compare to cigarette smokers vs. rest of the population? I seem to recall that cigarette smokers, in general, are less educated than the general population, and also (in general) in lower socio-economic classes.

^That doesn't really come off the way I want it to, lol. Basically I'm saying that previous statistics have suggested that poorer people tend to smoke more than wealthier people. And similarly, less educated people are more likely to smoke than more educated people. Because most ecig users are current or former smokers, it would make sense for the stats to be similar between the two groups.

I'm not saying anything about any particular smoker, or that smokers are poverty stricken ......, so please don't take it that way. When I was a smoker I didn't fit any of those stereotypes. I have a graduate degree and my family is pretty much solid middle-class economically.

 

[Dampmaskin]

Yeah that blasted ring kept scratching up my mod, of course I tossed it.

 

[ckquatt]

I mean I AM a gamer nerd! (Hence my Pokemon avatar!) But I am also married and dont live in moms basement. I fit a couple of those.

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[zoiDman]

This is What I don't Like to have to Do when I read an Article about e-Cigarettes.

I read this Article....

E-cigs a helpful aid for smoking cessation, lower cancer risk: physician study | Vape Monitor

Great. So Who performed the Physicians Survey? And how was the Survey of Physicians conducted? So I Copy n' Paste a Name from the Article into Google and get this...

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Dr.+Adam+Goldstein+e-Cigarette

From there I pick what looks like a Source that may have a Link to the Actual Survey.

Physician attitudes about use of e-cigarettes -- ScienceDaily

Closer. But No Direct Link. So I try this Linked Word at the Bottom of the Article to get to Here...

New study explores physician attitudes about use of e-cigarettes

This Looks Good. But I Not There Yet. Need to Go to Plosone.org... OK

PLOS ONE: Physicians

Cool. Now I have the Overview. But would Like to see the Full Text of the Survey...

http://www.plosone.org/article/fetc....1371/journal.pone.0103462&representation=PDF

Got it.

Not Slamming The Vape Monitor, but if you are going to write an Article about Survey or a Study, it would be Nice to Include Direct Links to the Source of the Survey or Study.

 

[zoiDman]

BTW - One of the Man Reasons I want to see the Actual Text of a Survey or Study or Research Paper is I would like to Know the Source of the Funding.

From the Last Link Above....

Funding: This work was funded in part by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS, URL: NC Department of Health and Human Services) and Award Number 1P50CA180907-01 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH, URL: National Institutes of Health (NIH)). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NC DHHS or NIH.

http://www.plosone.org/article/fetc....1371/journal.pone.0103462&representation=PDF

 

[zoiDman]

BTW2 - Here is some Information about the $3,538,066 NCI Grant which was used to Fund the UNC Study/Survey.

NIH-FDA TRSP Funded Grants - Grant Listing

Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences - Grant Details

 

[ughmassa]

That is one gigantic grant.

 

[dragonpuff]

I absolutely love this part:

What does the average e-cig smoker [sic] do for fun? They go out. These e-cig users are 11% more likely to attend a concert/live theater and 56% more likely to go to a bar or night club compared to all adults. In terms of sports activities, they are more likely to fish, hunt and swim—all outdoor sports. When they’re indoors, these e-cig users are nearly twice as likely to play video games and more than twice as likely to play poker compared to all adults. Examining their media habits, e-cig users are 60% more likely to watch any reality television program and more than twice as likely to listen to alternative/progressive music on the radio.

In other words, we're fun I'll take it!

 

[Oliver]

Regarding this survey, it appears to have been conducted by Kantar Media and reported on Time magazine

The section on Kantar's website makes it clear that the research was conducted to sell to pharmaceutical companies

That's not to say it's methodology is in question - after all, they're only going to sell the data if it comes with guarantees as to its accuracy.

It's interesting because apparently they mailed 50k copies of their survey and received 20k back. That seems a pretty high completion rate!

If they adjusted for confounds, they should be able to come up with reasonably accurate population-level conclusions using the data - but that's a big "if", since we have no idea about what statistical tests they conducted. Yougov and its affiliates are able to return very accurate data with much smaller samples.

 

[Oliver]

Not Slamming The Vape Monitor, but if you are going to write an Article about Survey or a Study, it would be Nice to Include Direct Links to the Source of the Survey or Study.

Agreed. It's sort of the whole point of the web.