A Global Health Survey of People Who Vape but Never Smoked: Protocol for the VERITAS (Vaping Effects: Real-World International Surveillance) Study

Jeffrey Zamora Goicoechea   ^{1, 2, 3} , BA ;   Allison Boughner   ^{4, 5} , AA ;   Juan José Cirion Lee   ⁶ , LLM ;   Aman Mahajan   ⁷ , PGD ;   Kurt Yeo   ^{8, 9} , HS ;   Maris Sproga   ¹⁰ , MA, EMBA ;   Tasmin Patel   ¹¹ , BTECH, MBA ;   Claudio Saitta   ¹² , HS ;   Christopher Russell   ¹³ , PhD ;   Michael Coughlan   ¹² , MA ;   Pasquale Caponnetto   ^{14, 15} , PhD, PsyD ;   Riccardo Polosa   ^{15, 16} , MD, PhD

¹ International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations, Vejle, Denmark

² Asociación de Reducción de Daños del Tabaquismo, Bogota, Colombia

³ Asociación de usuarios de vaporizadores y métodos de reducción de daños por tabaquismo de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

⁴ American Vapor Manufacturers, Prescott, AZ, United States

⁵ South Carolina Vapor Association, Charleston, SC, United States

⁶ México y el Mundo Vapeando, Mexico City, Mexico

⁷ Independent THR Activist, New Delhi, India

⁸ Vaping Saved My Life, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

⁹ World Vapers Alliance, Miami, FL, United States

¹⁰ Independent THR Activist, Riga, Latvia

¹¹ Confidosoft Ltd, Leatherhead, London, United Kingdom

¹² ECLAT Srl, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

¹³ Russell Burnett Research and Consultancy Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom

¹⁴ Section of Psychology, Department of Science of Education, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

¹⁵ Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction, University of Catania, Catana, Italy

¹⁶ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy