Evaluation of starter kit instruction manuals
| Questions* | Liberty Stix | Smoking Everywhere gold | Crown Seven Hydro | NJOY NCIG | VapCigs | Smoking Everywhere Platinum | |
| Set-up and general information | Initial battery charge: how and how long | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Indicator light indicates need to recharge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Battery longevity | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Atomiser longevity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Cartridge longevity | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Nicotine amount (mg) in available cartridges | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Storage information | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Warranty available | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Company information† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Problems and solutions of previous clients | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Disposal of cartridges and/or wrappers | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Assembly | How to connect atomiser to battery | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| How to remove plug from cartridge | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| How to connect cartridge from atomiser | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| How to smoke | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Picture to help with assembly | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Warnings/cautions | Product to be used by adults only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Identify locations where smoking is banned | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Warn that nicotine is addictive | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Avoid direct contact with liquid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Surgeon General warning | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Medical side effects | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Not FDA approved | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Keep away from children and/or pets | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Temperature warnings | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| Total score | 66/100 | 61/100 | 37/100 | 72/100 | 12/100 | 56/100 | |