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ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2020

Abuse liability of electronic cigarettes in men who are experienced electronic cigarette users.

Alison Breland, Sarah F Maloney, Eric K Soule, Carolina Ramôa, Andrew Barnes, Thokozeni Lipato, Thomas Eissenberg

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Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Abuse Liability of Electronic Cigarettes in Never-Smoking Electronic Cigarette Users.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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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.

Alison BrelandDepartment of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Sarah F MaloneyDepartment of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Eric K SouleDepartment of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Carolina RamôaDepartment of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Andrew BarnesCenter for the Study of Tobacco Products, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Thokozeni LipatoCenter for the Study of Tobacco Products, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Thomas EissenbergDepartment of Psychology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Project 4: Using a prospective cohort survey to test population-level predictions generated by Projects 1-3U54DA036105 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI FAGAN, PEBBLES · 2018 to 2022
$20.8M
Training and Education Core p270-287P50DA036105 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI EISSENBERG, THOMAS EVAN · 2013 to 2017
$19.2M
Food and Drug Administration; Center for Tobacco ProductsNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Drug AbuseNIDA NIH HHS P50 DA036105NIDA NIH HHS U54 DA036105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) aerosolize a nicotine-containing liquid that users inhale. Few experimental studies have examined e-cig abuse liability (the extent to which use of these products may lead to persistent and/or problematic use). In this study, 24 experienced male e-cig users completed 4 sessions that differed byproduct used: own e-cig (OWN), an eGo e-cig filled with participants' own brand/flavor liquid in 0 mg/mL nicotine (e-cig0), an eGo e-cig filled with the highest nicotine concentration available in participants' own brand/flavor (e-cighighest), and a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved nicotine inhaler (IN). Outcome measures included crossover point on the multiple-choice procedure, plasma nicotine delivery, and subjective effect profile. After 10 puffs, a significantly higher mean crossover point was observed for OWN at $1.35 (SD = 0.90) compared to e-cighighest at $0.88 (SD = 0.89), e-cig0 at $0.83 (SD = 0.79), and IN at $0.72 (SD = 0.84). Significant increases in mean plasma nicotine concentration were observed for OWN at 7.94 ng/mL (SD = 6.19) and e-cighighest at 7.51 ng/mL (SD = 5.39). Significant reductions in abstinence symptom suppression and higher ratings of satisfaction were observed for OWN and e-cighighest, with significantly less suppression and lower ratings of satisfaction for e-cig0 and IN. These findings suggest that human laboratory methods can be used to assess e-cig abuse liability and that nicotine-containing e-cigs have greater abuse liability than nicotine-free e-cigs and the IN. Potential regulations intended to limit e-cig abuse liability should be tested using these or similar procedures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsAdultCross-Over StudiesHumansMaleNicotineSmokersTobacco Use DisorderNicotine

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PMID31259592
PMCPMC6938579
OpenAlexW2955867583

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