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ArticleChemical research in toxicology2018

Evaluation of E-Vapor Nicotine and Nicotyrine Concentrations under Various E-Liquid Compositions, Device Settings, and Vaping Topographies.

Yeongkwon Son, Olivia Wackowski, Clifford Weisel, Stephan Schwander, Gediminas Mainelis, Cristine Delnevo, Qingyu Meng

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Article in Chemical research in toxicology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Olivia Wackowski
Clifford Weisel
Stephan Schwander
Gediminas MainelisDepartment of Environmental Sciences , Rutgers University , New Brunswick , New Jersey 08901 , United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5837-0413
Cristine Delnevo
Qingyu Meng
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI BRIAN T BUCKLEY · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
Air Pollution Particle Effects on Human Antimycobacterial ImmunityR01ES020382 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-SCH OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI STEPHAN K SCHWANDER · 2012 to 2026
$5.3M
Developing and testing warning statements about e-cigarettesK01CA189301 · NCI · RBHS-SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI WACKOWSKI, OLIVIA · 2014 to 2016
$478k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA189301NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotine is one of the major components of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) emissions. Nicotyrine is a product of nicotine dehydrogenation in e-vapor and is a known inhibitor of human cytochrome P450 enzyme, which mediates nicotine metabolism. However, the emission of nicotine and especially nicotyrine from e-cigarettes has not been studied under real-world vaping patterns. This study examined the impact of e-liquid composition, e-cigarette device power output, and vaping topography on nicotine and nicotyrine concentrations under real-world vaping patterns. The amount of nicotine emitted from e-cigarettes vaped at high e-liquid nicotine levels, high device power, and large puff volumes ranged from 0.365 μg/puff to 236 μg/puff and was comparable to the amount of nicotine emitted from regular cigarettes. E-cigarette coil temperatures (200-300 °C) favored the formation of nicotyrine: E-cigarette vaping generated 2- to 63-fold more nicotyrine per unit nicotine emission than conventional cigarette smoking. High nicotyrine emission from e-cigarettes indicates that nicotine metabolism could be potentially interrupted, which could lead to reduced e-cigarette usage, and result in lower exposures to toxic chemicals (e.g., formaldehyde and acetaldehyde). However, higher serum nicotine levels might increase cancer risks by stimulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchRs).

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VapingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHumansNicotineNicotine

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PMID30080399
PMCPMC6350771
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