Schmitt Carol L, Lee Youn Ok, Curry Laurel E, Farrelly Matthew C, Rogers Todd
Public Health Research Division, RTI International, Washington, DC, USA.
Public Health Research Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Tob Control. 2014 Jul;23 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):iii54-7. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051460.
To identify unmet research needs of state and community tobacco control practitioners pertaining to electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS or e-cigarettes) that would inform policy and practice efforts at the state and community levels, and to describe ENDS-related research and dissemination activities of the National Cancer Institute-funded State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initiative.
To determine specific research gaps relevant to state and community tobacco control practice, we analysed survey data collected from tobacco control programmes (TCPs) in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (N=51). Survey items covered a range of ENDS issues: direct harm to users, harm of secondhand vapour, cessation, flavours, constituents and youth access.
There is no ENDS topic on which a majority of state TCP managers feel very informed. They feel least informed about harms of secondhand vapour while also reporting that this information is among the most important for their programme. A majority (N=31) of respondents indicated needs for research on the implications of ENDS products for existing policies.
TCP managers report that ENDS research is highly important for practice and need research-based information to inform decision making around the inclusion of ENDS in existing tobacco control policies. For optimal relevance to state and community TCPs, research on ENDS should prioritise study of the health effects of ENDS use and secondhand exposure to ENDS vapour in the context of existing tobacco control policies.
确定州和社区烟草控制从业者在电子尼古丁传送系统（ENDS，即电子烟）方面未满足的研究需求，以为州和社区层面的政策及实践工作提供信息，并描述美国国家癌症研究所资助的州和社区烟草控制研究倡议中与ENDS相关的研究及传播活动。
为确定与州和社区烟草控制实践相关的具体研究差距，我们分析了从美国所有50个州和哥伦比亚特区的烟草控制项目（TCPs）收集的调查数据（N = 51）。调查项目涵盖了一系列ENDS问题：对使用者的直接危害、二手蒸汽的危害、戒烟、口味、成分以及青少年获取途径。
没有一个ENDS主题能让大多数州TCP管理者觉得自己了解得很充分。他们对二手蒸汽危害了解最少，同时也表示这些信息对他们的项目来说是最重要的信息之一。大多数（N = 31）受访者表示需要研究ENDS产品对现有政策的影响。
TCP管理者报告称，ENDS研究对实践非常重要，并且需要基于研究的信息来为围绕将ENDS纳入现有烟草控制政策的决策提供依据。为了与州和社区TCPs实现最佳相关性，ENDS研究应优先在现有烟草控制政策背景下研究ENDS使用的健康影响以及二手接触ENDS蒸汽的情况。
