E-Cigarettes: Epidemiology, Policy and Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

I am organizing a Special Issue on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

The development of these products, their introduction into markets around the world, and the dramatic upsurge in their use have raised a slew of important research questions. These include questions related to the following:

• Measurement (e.g., How can quantity and frequency of use be reliably measured? How can the type of product used best be measured?)
• Marketing (e.g., What marketing efforts are different populations being exposed to? What is the impact of marketing on smokers and nonsmokers?)
• Politics (e.g., How are traditional cigarette manufacturers and exclusive ENDS manufacturers and retailers attempting to influence policy? How has the advent of ENDS changed the orientation towards tobacco control of governments, non-government organizations, and industry?)
• Epidemiology (e.g., How do characteristics of ENDS users vary across nations? What are the patterns of dual- or poly-use of ENDS with other tobacco products?)
• Policy (e.g., what effects do age-of-sale laws, prohibitions on use in public places, and other policies have on ENDS and combustible tobacco experimentation, use, and cessation at the population level?)

This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to ENDS epidemiology, policy, and public health. The keywords I’ve listed below are meant to suggest a few of the many possibilities. Inquiries regarding potential topics are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Mark Wolfson
Guest Editor

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