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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Unboxed: US Young Adult Tobacco Users' Responses to a New Heated Tobacco Product.

Minji Kim, Shannon Lea Watkins, Kimberly A Koester, Jeremiah Mock, Hyunjin Cindy Kim, Sarah Olson, Arit Michael Harvanko, Pamela M Ling

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Categorizing IQOS-Related Twitter Discussions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Minji KimCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7715-6826
Shannon Lea WatkinsDepartment of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6234-6654
Kimberly A KoesterDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Jeremiah MockDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Hyunjin Cindy KimDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Sarah OlsonDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8723-8895
Arit Michael HarvankoCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Pamela M LingCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

PROJECT 5: IMPACT OF CHANGING TOBACCO PRODUCT USE ON HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR GENERAL AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONSU54HL147127 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JACOB, PEYTON · 2018 to 2022
$20.4M
Understanding Smokeless Tobacco MarketingR01CA141661 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LING, PAMELA MAY · 2009 to 2019
$5.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA141661NCI NIH HHS R01CA141661NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL147127NHLBI NIH HHS U54HL147127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heated tobacco product (HTP) IQOS was authorized for sale in the US in 2019. We investigated how young adults with experience using multiple tobacco products reacted to, perceived, and developed interest in IQOS, informing policies that might prevent HTPs from becoming ubiquitous. We used a novel qualitative method in which 33 young adult tobacco users in California (fall 2019) "unboxed" an IQOS device, tobacco sticks, and marketing materials and narrated their impressions and opinions. We conducted content and thematic analyses of participants' reactions, sensory experiences, and interest. Multiple attributes influenced appeal for participants, including sleek electronic design, novel technology, perceived harmfulness, complexity, and high cost. The "no smoke" claim and heating technology suggested that smoking IQOS was safer than smoking cigarettes. Public health programs should closely monitor HTP marketing and uptake, particularly as "reduced exposure" claims were authorized in July 2020. Evidence-based regulations (e.g., requiring plain packaging for tobacco sticks), actions addressing IQOS' unique attributes (e.g., regulating device packaging to reduce high-tech appeal), and public education might help to counter the appeal generated by potentially misleading IQOS marketing tactics.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobacco ProductsFemaleHumansMaleProduct PackagingTobacco UseYoung Adulte-cigarettesheated tobacco productheat-not-burnmarketingvaping

Identifiers

PMID33153143
PMCPMC7662359
OpenAlexW3097739560

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