Addictive Potential of e-Cigarettes as Reported in e-Cigarette Online Forums: Netnographic Analysis of Subjective Experiences

Daria Szafran   ¹ , MSc ;   Tatiana Görig   ² , PD Dr rer pol ;   Sabine Vollstädt-Klein   ^{3, 4} , Dr sc hum ;   Nadja Grundinger   ³ , MSc ;   Ute Mons   ⁵ , Dr sc hum ;   Valerie Lohner   ⁵ , PhD ;   Sven Schneider   ¹ , DPhil ;   Marike Andreas   ¹ , MSc

¹ Division of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

² Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

³ Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

⁴ Mannheim Center for Translational Neurosciences, Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

⁵ Cardiovascular Epidemiology of Aging, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany