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UK Research Priorities for Electronic Cigarettes: A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Hunter, Abby; Ross, Louise; Gronlund, Toto; Cooper, Sue

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Authors

Abby Hunter

Louise Ross

Toto Gronlund

Sue Cooper



Abstract

This study aimed to bring together people who smoke or vape, people who do not smoke and healthcare professionals to identify and agree priorities for electronic cigarette research in the UK. We carried out a priority setting partnership, guided by the methodology developed by the James Lind Alliance involving five key stages: initiation, consultation, collation, prioritisation and dissemination. A total of 765 people submitted 1887 questions that they wanted answered by research. Questions were organised into themes, merged and rewritten as summary questions, with 52 unique questions going forward to the prioritisation survey. Participants then ranked their top 10 questions. Following this ranking exercise, the top 26 were identified by selecting the most frequently prioritised questions adjusting for representative stakeholder group. These were put forward for discussion in the final prioritisation workshop, whereby the top 10 electronic cigarette research questions were agreed. The list of priorities identified will be of interest to researchers and funders of electronic cigarette research and will hopefully direct future research and funding calls. These priorities provide insight into the questions that matter to people who are using or concerned about e-cigarettes, including frontline professionals.

Citation

Hunter, A., Ross, L., Gronlund, T., & Cooper, S. (2020). UK Research Priorities for Electronic Cigarettes: A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228500

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 17, 2020
Publication Date Nov 2, 2020
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2020
Publicly Available Date Nov 27, 2020
Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Print ISSN 1661-7827
Electronic ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 22
Article Number 8500
Pages 1-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228500
Keywords e-cigarettes; prioritisation; tobacco policy
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5064877
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8500

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