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ReviewNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2021

Applying the Population Health Standard to the Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems.

Zachary Cahn, Jeffrey Drope, Clifford E Douglas, Rosemarie Henson, Carla J Berg, David L Ashley, Michael P Eriksen

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Review in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Effect on Tobacco Use and Subjective Measures of Including E-cigarettes in a Simulated Ban of Menthol in Combustible Cigarettes.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022
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  12. Do Tobacco Companies Have an Incentive to Promote "Harm Reduction" Products?: The Role of Competition.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  13. Differentiating Reasons for Young Adult E-cigarette Use Using Maximum Difference Choice Models.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zachary CahnEconomic and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jeffrey DropeHealth Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Clifford E DouglasDepartment of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Rosemarie HensonEmory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Carla J BergDepartment of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-1961
David L AshleyDepartment of Population Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Michael P EriksenDepartment of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Funding

The Science of Decision Making: Connecting People and PolicyP50DA036128 · NIDA · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ERIKSEN, MICHAEL PAUL · 2013 to 2018
$19.4M
Regulatory Impact on Vape Shops and Young Adults' Use of ENDS - Diversity SupplementR01CA215155 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BERG, CARLA J · 2018 to 2022
$3.4M
Market Research to Predict Emerging Tobacco Product Use in Diverse Young AdultsR01CA179422 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BERG, CARLA J · 2013 to 2017
$2.7M
The Impact of Design Characteristics on the Modification Potential of Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsR01DA047397 · NIDA · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ASHLEY, DAVID LIDDELL, POPOVA, LYUDMILA · 2018 to 2020
$1.6M
Smoke-free Air Coalitions in Georgia and Armenia: A Community Randomized TrialR01TW010664 · FIC · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BERG, CARLA J, KEGLER, MICHELLE C · 2017 to 2021
$1.5M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW010664NCI NIH HHS R01 CA179422NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215155NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA036128NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA047397
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory authorities have devoted increasing attention and resources to a range of issues surrounding the regulation of novel nicotine and tobacco products. This review highlights the inherent complexity of evaluating prospective policies that pertain to products that heat solutions containing nicotine, but not tobacco leaf, sometimes referred to as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is compelled to incorporate a set of public health criteria in their decision making, collectively referred to as the Population Health Standard. Adherence to this standard is necessary to estimate the impact of prospective ENDS policy decisions on net population harm associated with nontherapeutic nicotine products. For policies that are expected to decrease or increase ENDS use, application of the Population Health Standard requires a comprehensive assessment of the status quo impact of ENDS use on population health. Accordingly, this review first assesses the state of the evidence on the direct harms of ENDS and the indirect effects of ENDS use on smoking, particularly rates of initiation and cessation. After that, the example of flavor restrictions is used to demonstrate the further considerations that are involved in applying the Population Health Standard to a prospective ENDS policy. Implications: This narrative review aims to inform regulatory considerations about ENDS through the prism of the Population Health Standard. More specifically, this review (1) describes and explains the importance of this approach; (2) provides guidance on evaluating the state of the evidence linking ENDS to the net population harm associated with nontherapeutic nicotine products; and (3) illustrates how this framework can inform policymaking using the example of flavor restrictions.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHealth PolicyNicotinePopulation HealthPublic HealthVapingConsumer Product SafetyFlavoring AgentsHumansProspective StudiesSmokingSmoking CessationSocial Control, FormalTobacco ProductsFlavoring AgentsNicotine

Identifiers

PMID32960217
PMCPMC8095236

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