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ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2016

Expanding clinical laboratory tobacco product evaluation methods to loose-leaf tobacco vaporizers.

Alexa A Lopez, Marzena Hiler, Sarah Maloney, Thomas Eissenberg, Alison B Breland

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Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexa A LopezVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Box 980205, Richmond, VA 23298-0205, USA.
Marzena HilerVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Box 980205, Richmond, VA 23298-0205, USA.
Sarah MaloneyVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Box 980205, Richmond, VA 23298-0205, USA.
Thomas EissenbergVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Box 980205, Richmond, VA 23298-0205, USA.
Alison B BrelandVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Box 980205, Richmond, VA 23298-0205, USA. Electronic address: abbrelan@vcu.edu.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Training and Education Core p270-287P50DA036105 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI EISSENBERG, THOMAS EVAN · 2013 to 2017
$19.2M
NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA036105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNovel tobacco products entering the US market include electronic cigarettes (ECIGs) and products advertised to "heat, not burn" tobacco. There is a growing literature regarding the acute effects of ECIGs. Less is known about "heat, not burn" products. This study's purpose was to expand existing clinical laboratory methods to examine, in cigarette smokers, the acute effects of a "heat, not burn" "loose-leaf tobacco vaporizer" (LLTV).

methodsPlasma nicotine and breath carbon monoxide (CO) concentration and tobacco abstinence symptom severity were measured before and after two 10-puff (30-s interpuff interval) product use bouts separated by 60min. LLTV effects were compared to participants' own brand (OB) cigarettes and an ECIG (3.3V; 1.5ohm; 18mg/ml nicotine).

resultsRelative to OB, LLTV increased plasma nicotine concentration to a lesser degree, did not increase CO, and did not appear to reduce abstinence symptoms as effectively. Relative to ECIG, LLTV nicotine and CO delivery and abstinence symptom suppression did not differ. Participants reported that both the LLTV and ECIG were significantly less satisfying than OB.

conclusionsResults demonstrate that LLTVs are capable of delivering nicotine and suppressing tobacco abstinence symptoms partially; acute effects of these products can be evaluated using existing clinical laboratory methods. Results can inform tobacco product regulation and may be predictive of the extent that these products have the potential to benefit or harm overall public health.

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsNebulizers and VaporizersAdolescentAdultCarbon MonoxideFemaleHumansLaboratoriesMaleMiddle AgedNicotinePublic HealthSmokingSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTobacco ProductsTobacco Use DisorderCarbon MonoxideNicotineCarbon monoxideElectronic cigaretteHeat-not-burn productsLoose-leaf tobacco vaporizerPlasma nicotine

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PMID27768968
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