Introduction & information about my research (survey)
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Will be done in approximately July with the survey 
Also, is there a reason why you ask twice in the survey how many cigs we smoked?
Also, is there a reason why you ask twice in the survey how many cigs we smoked?
Done
I enjoyed taking it.[spoken to Rob Fisher and was given permission to post]
Hi everyone,
My name is Daniel, and I'm currently undertaking psychology honours with Central Queensland University (CQU) in Australia (I completed a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences with an accredited major in psychology at Monash University in 2012). My supervisor Matt has a PhD in psychology, and the project has received ethics approval from CQU. This research is unfunded and has no commercial affiliations whatsoever. Admittedly, I don't vape myself, but became extremely interested in vaping from reading and hearing about people vaping in an effort to stop smoking, and thinking about family and friends that have struggled to quit in the past. I want to understand the patterns of vaping, including the degree to which vaping can effectively substitute for a cigarette-based nicotine habit, the number of vapers trying to wean themselves off nicotine versus those happy with a safer medium to maintain a nicotine habit, and the survey asks questions about this. As part of this, I have been working on developing a questionnaire that could eventually allow users (and researchers) to assess vapers’ nicotine dependence. The questionnaire includes what is essentially a modified Fagerstrom Test for Nictotine Dependence (which many of you will no doubt have heard of), but with questions more relevant to vaping. Not surprisingly (because I haven't posted on here
I'm hoping that the work may be published in an academic journal and it will be included in my thesis write-up. All data collected will be totally anonymous. I have read and seen that you have been asked to participate in a bit of research recently. I know that many of you will be thinking "another survey!", but if I can firstly say that it is designed to be quite brief (hopefully 5-10 mins to complete, depending on your smoking history) and not answer all of the questions in one survey, and has had an actual vaper's input. Secondly, if you have questions or feedback, I am here to take them (as is my supervisor). I have seen that some other studies around have dropped a link, and are then never seen again. I have been on some of the forums for a number of months, and will actually respond! Finally, you will be welcome to see the summary of results in around October when I complete my work (a link is provided at the completion of the questionnaire, or ask me for it anytime - even if you haven't participated), and it will be posted on here.
The survey and a detailed information page are available at https://cqu.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/dantodd/vaping/
Apologies for the long into, but I wanted to cover off some of the most important points. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Thanks for your time.
Daniel
--In the interests of full disclosure, I will post this intro on a few of the forums. Apologies to anyone who has now read it more than once!
Thanks @Andre, I'm certainly glad you love vaping surveys too!
Thanks for participating and the feedback @baksteen8168. It's most definitely useful to hear about people's different experiences with vaping versus smoking, so thank you kindly for sharing.
Thanks for participating @Vapington!
Thank you @zadiac!Survey done
Thank you very much @Marzuq
. It's very useful to hear that that question could be problematic for vapers if they've not been sick, so we might have to think about another option or something I'm future versions. If you happen to remember anything about the other questions that were a bit vague, please do let me know, as it'll mean that could be fixed up for any future research. Thanks again Thanks @dr phil!
Done and dusted, thank you
Thanks @ET and @SamuraiTheVaporWill be done in approximately July with the survey
Also, is there a reason why you ask twice in the survey how many cigs we smoked?
There are indeed similar questions that are smoking vs vaping. Also, everyone's asked about smoking habits before and after vaping, where you're allowed to actually specify the number of cigarettes smoked, and then depending on if you're a former/current smoker, you also get the standard Fagerstrom question which only allows you to pick from a number of categories. It was intentional to ask the first version too, so I can get a lot more granularity. Please let me know if this wasn't what you meant though. Dan Thanks very much @Raslin!
Thanks for participating @Marechal!
Done - I must admit that I don't think that nicotine dependency was the core of my reluctance to stop smoking. It was that thing I did with my idle hands which I replaced with an e-ciggie. The transition from one to the other was totally painless. Reducing the nicotine has caused my juice use to spike slightly but I find myself reaching for the "crutch" at times when the hands are idle. I am a bass angler. When I am running a section of bank side that looks ever so promising, I forget about the e-ciggie (sometimes a few hours go by). There is no nicotine ping telling me to take puff, I only remember to vape once I sit down.... Never underestimate the power of this crutch. I use it all the time....
Thanks @ET and @SamuraiTheVapor
Cool, thanks dude
I notice if I'm working or somehow occupied I don't vape much if at all as opposed to smoking I had one going constantly.[spoken to Rob Fisher and was given permission to post]
Hi everyone,
My name is Daniel, and I'm currently undertaking psychology honours with Central Queensland University (CQU) in Australia (I completed a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences with an accredited major in psychology at Monash University in 2012). My supervisor Matt has a PhD in psychology, and the project has received ethics approval from CQU. This research is unfunded and has no commercial affiliations whatsoever. Admittedly, I don't vape myself, but became extremely interested in vaping from reading and hearing about people vaping in an effort to stop smoking, and thinking about family and friends that have struggled to quit in the past. I want to understand the patterns of vaping, including the degree to which vaping can effectively substitute for a cigarette-based nicotine habit, the number of vapers trying to wean themselves off nicotine versus those happy with a safer medium to maintain a nicotine habit, and the survey asks questions about this. As part of this, I have been working on developing a questionnaire that could eventually allow users (and researchers) to assess vapers’ nicotine dependence. The questionnaire includes what is essentially a modified Fagerstrom Test for Nictotine Dependence (which many of you will no doubt have heard of), but with questions more relevant to vaping. Not surprisingly (because I haven't posted on here
I'm hoping that the work may be published in an academic journal and it will be included in my thesis write-up. All data collected will be totally anonymous. I have read and seen that you have been asked to participate in a bit of research recently. I know that many of you will be thinking "another survey!", but if I can firstly say that it is designed to be quite brief (hopefully 5-10 mins to complete, depending on your smoking history) and not answer all of the questions in one survey, and has had an actual vaper's input. Secondly, if you have questions or feedback, I am here to take them (as is my supervisor). I have seen that some other studies around have dropped a link, and are then never seen again. I have been on some of the forums for a number of months, and will actually respond! Finally, you will be welcome to see the summary of results in around October when I complete my work (a link is provided at the completion of the questionnaire, or ask me for it anytime - even if you haven't participated), and it will be posted on here.
The survey and a detailed information page are available at https://cqu.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/dantodd/vaping/
Apologies for the long into, but I wanted to cover off some of the most important points. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Thanks for your time.
Daniel
--In the interests of full disclosure, I will post this intro on a few of the forums. Apologies to anyone who has now read it more than once!
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