Titre : | Electronic cigarettes and cannabis: An exploratory study (2015) |
Auteurs : | J. F. ETTER |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | European Addiction Research (Vol.21, n°3, April 2015) |
Article en page(s) : | 124-130 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique SUISSEThésaurus mots-clés E-CIGARETTE ; CANNABIS ; ENQUETE ; MOTIVATION |
Résumé : |
Aims: To describe cannabis 'vaping' with electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or electronic vaporizers (e-vaporizers).
Methods: Internet survey in 2013-2014. Participants were 11 people who 'vaped' cannabis with e-cigarettes and 44 people who vaped cannabis with e-vaporizers, enrolled online. Results: Most participants were men (78%). They had used e-cigarettes for 6 days and e-vaporizers for 50 days on average to vape cannabis. Current users of e-cigarettes vaped cannabis on 2 days/week versus 6 days/week for users of evaporizers. In these devices, they mostly inserted cannabis buds and oil rather than hashish or wax/butane honey oil. Dual users, who both smoked and vaped cannabis, currently smoked 5 joints/week compared to 14 joints/week before they started to vape cannabis (p = 0.004). Half the participants (45%) reported that vaping cannabis helped them stop or reduce their total cannabis use, 37% that it had no impact on their cannabis use, and 6% that it increased it. Vaping cannabis was perceived as healthier and more discrete than smoking it (less odor). Disadvantages included dry mouth and fewer positive cannabis effects. Conclusions: Cannabis vaping via e-cigarettes or e-vaporizers is an infrequent behavior that was previously almost undocumented. E-cigarettes do not appear to be a very appealing way to use cannabis. (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs ; Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 22 |
Affiliation : | Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, CMU, Geneva, Switzerland |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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