Factors That Impact the Relationship Between Pulmonary Status and Susceptibility to Electronic Cigarette Use

Data collection will be obtained on the day an individual has an appointment at the pulmonary clinic. After patients meet with their pulmonary physicians, the physicians will inform them about the study and explain that participation is voluntary. If a patient agrees, the researcher will provide copies of the questionnaires and again clarify that participation is voluntary. The workflow of the clinic will not be interrupted while the researcher conducts the study, and he will only ask participants to fill out the questionnaires if they have enough time to participate.

The second group will be recruited as a control group consisting of healthy adult participants through purposive convenience sampling at other collaborating UAB sites. The principal investigator will collect self-report responses through a questionnaire packet given to anyone willing to participate in the study