Table 3 Beneficial and undesirable effects of e-cigarettes: open-ended comments from ecigarette users
Number of comments | |
|---|---|
Beneficial effects (total from two open-ended fields) | 134 |
Improves breathing and respiration | 31 |
Less cough, less expectoration, fewer sore throats | 23 |
Helps to quit smoking | 20 |
Improves health and physical fitness | 17 |
Improves sense of taste and smell | 11 |
Does not cause unpleasant odours or bad breath | 10 |
Helps to reduce cigarette consumption | 7 |
Sleeps better | 4 |
Less craving for cigarettes | 4 |
Cost | 4 |
Pleasure of smoking the e-cigarette | 2 |
Useful device to administer other medications to the bronchia or lung | 1 |
Undesirable effects (total from two open-ended fields) | 61 |
Dry mouth and throat | 16 |
Vertigo, headache or nausea | 7 |
Bad taste | 4 |
Weight gain | 3 |
Technical problems (batteries) | 3 |
Difficult to accurately control dose of nicotine | 3 |
Cost | 3 |
No undesirable effects | 13 |
Miscellaneous comments | 9 |