Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54236, first published .
A Global Health Survey of People Who Vape but Never Smoked: Protocol for the VERITAS (Vaping Effects: Real-World International Surveillance) Study

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

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

Corresponding Author:

  • Riccardo Polosa, MD, PhD
  • Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction
  • University of Catania
  • Via Santa Sofia 89
  • Catana, 95123
  • Italy
  • Phone: 39 0954781124
  • Email: polosa@unict.it