Vandrevala Tushna, Coyle Adrian, Walker Victoria, Cabrera Torres Joshelyn, Ordoña Izobel, Rahman Panna
Kingston University London, UK.
Health Psychol Open. 2017 Jan 1;4(1):2055102916684648. doi: 10.1177/2055102916684648. eCollection 2017 Jan-Jun.
The development of e-cigarettes was initially hailed as a resource in facilitating a reduction in or cessation of cigarette smoking. Many users of e-cigarettes are 'dual users', smoking traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The present qualitative study examines the factors that a group of 20 dual users considered to have been influential in their decisions to use e-cigarettes and their comparative evaluations of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. Health concerns were not found to be sole motivators. Participants pointed to financial and contextual considerations, particularly peer influence on uptake and continued usage of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes were evaluated as comparable to cigarettes in some ways but not in other important respects such as sensation and satisfaction. Different social evaluations of cigarette and e-cigarette usage were discerned which influenced how participants identified as smokers, 'vapers' or neither. Findings are discussed in relation to social representations, identity and implications for continued e-cigarette usage among dual users.
电子烟的发展最初被誉为有助于减少或戒烟的一种手段。许多电子烟使用者是“双重使用者”，既吸食传统香烟又使用电子烟。本定性研究考察了20名双重使用者认为对其使用电子烟的决定有影响的因素，以及他们对电子烟和传统香烟的比较评价。研究发现，健康问题并非唯一的动机。参与者指出了经济和环境方面的考虑因素，尤其是同伴对开始使用和持续使用电子烟的影响。在某些方面，电子烟被评价为与香烟相当，但在诸如口感和满足感等其他重要方面则不然。人们对吸食香烟和使用电子烟有不同的社会评价，这影响了参与者如何将自己认定为吸烟者、“电子烟使用者”或两者都不是。研究结果将结合社会表征、身份认同以及对双重使用者持续使用电子烟的影响进行讨论。
