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ArticleTobacco control2020

Effect of flavour manipulation on ENDS (JUUL) users' experiences, puffing behaviour and nicotine exposure among US college students.

Mayra Vargas-Rivera, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Melissa Ward-Peterson, Olatokunbo Osibogun, Wei Li, David Brown, Thomas Eissenberg, Wasim Maziak

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Article in Tobacco control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Nicotine Content and Preferred Flavor on Subjective Responses to E-cigarettes: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Laboratory Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  20. Laboratory Determination of Gravimetric Correction Factors for Real-time Area Measurements of Electronic Cigarette Aerosols.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mayra Vargas-RiveraEpidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-5746
Mohammad Ebrahimi KalanEpidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7709-5392
Melissa Ward-PetersonCommunity Based Research Institute, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Olatokunbo OsibogunEpidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8902-4356
Wei LiEpidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
David BrownFamily and Community Medicine, Florida International University College of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
Thomas EissenbergPsychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-5437
Wasim MaziakEpidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA wmaziak@fiu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-8420
Florida International University · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

The FIU Research Center in a Minority Institution (FIU-RCMI)U54MD012393 · NIMHD · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI Diana Azzam · 2017 to 2026
$32.1M
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
Translating evidence and building capacity to support waterpipe control in the Eastern MediterraneanR01TW010654 · FIC · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI ASFAR, TAGHRID, MAZIAK, WASIM · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Training Program in Adolescent Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Mental and Behavioral DisordersT32DA043449 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI Raul Gonzalez · 2019 to 2026
$1.7M
Understanding tobacco flavor effects on waterpipe smokers’ experiences and exposuresR01DA042477 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI MAZIAK, WASIM · 2016 to 2018
$1.3M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW010654NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042477NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA043449NIDA NIH HHS U54 DA036105NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD012393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceElectronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use has continued to increase exponentially among young people in the USA, with unique flavours being one of the most cited reasons for use. Yet, controlled studies examining the effects of restricting flavour are lacking. This study evaluates the impact of ENDS flavour manipulation on user's puffing behaviour, subjective experience, harm perception and nicotine exposure among college-aged ENDS users.

methodsJUUL users (n=30, age 18 to 24 years) attended two 60 min

resultsIncreases were observed on measures of satisfaction, taste, enjoyment, urges to vape/smoke, pleasure, product appeal and increased concentration following using the preferred flavour pod (p values <0.05). Compared with preferred flavour, participants in the tobacco flavour were less motivated to use it in the future (70.9 vs 19.1 scores, p<0.001), even if it was the only product on the market (75.8 vs 30.7 scores, p<0.001). While nicotine levels significantly increased in both conditions from pre to post session (p values <0.001), no significant differences were observed in nicotine boost levels or on puff topography parameters when comparing both flavour conditions.

conclusionsThis pilot study provides evidence that ENDS flavours have a substantial effect in enhancing young current ENDS users' experiences, product appeal and motivation to use the product in the future. It highlights that limiting flavours could play a potential role when designing strategic policies to reduce the appeal of ENDS use among young people.

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electronic nicotine delivery devicesharm reductionnicotinenon-cigarette tobacco productssmoking topography

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PMID32447315
PMCPMC10127226
OpenAlexW3028197138

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