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ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2021

Drug and alcohol dependence acute effects of pod-style e-cigarettes in vaping-naïve smokers.

Natalia Peraza, Mariel S Bello, Sara J Schiff, Junhan Cho, Yi Zhang, Carly Callahan, Alayna Tackett, Adam M Leventhal

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Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalia PerazaDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Mariel S BelloDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Sara J SchiffDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Junhan ChoDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Yi ZhangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Carly CallahanDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Alayna TackettDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Adam M LeventhalDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Institute for Addiction Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: adam.leventhal@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory ScienceU54CA180905 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Jennifer Beth Unger · 2018 to 2026
$39.0M
Project 4: Comprehension of Health Risks in More and Less Arousing Affe p240-275P50CA180908 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SHIELDS, PETER G., WEWERS, MARY ELLEN · 2013 to 2017
$18.9M
Research Support CoreP30DA012393 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JACOB, PEYTON · 1999 to 2024
$17.1M
Tobacco Use Treatment Research for Vulnerable PopulationsK24DA048160 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Adam Matthew Leventhal · 2019 to 2026
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA180908NCI NIH HHS U54 CA180905NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA048160NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA012393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the acute effects of exposure to pod-style e-cigarettes on subjective, behavioral, and physiological outcomes indicative of the potential to encourage vaping-naïve smokers to switch to e-cigarettes.

methodsIn a within-subject experiment, never-vaping adult smokers interested in trying e-cigarettes (n = 24) completed 4 laboratory visits following 16-hr tobacco abstinence. Visits involved controlled puffing from preferred brand cigarettes (OwnCig) or a standardized pod-style e-cigarette with either no nicotine (NoNic), nicotine freebase (NicFreebase; 0.5% nicotine concentration), or nicotine salt (NicSalt E-Cig; 2.8% concentration) solutions. Outcomes included smoking urge, mood, user experience, plasma nicotine, and a behavioral task assessing ability to delay smoking.

resultsNoNic, NicFreebase, and NicSalt pod-style e-cigarettes were significantly less effective than OwnCig at reducing smoking urge and increasing plasma nicotine, positive affect, satisfying user experience ratings, and ability to delay smoking on the behavioral task. Differences among pod-style e-cigarette conditions were limited to: (a) NicFreebase (vs. NoNic) preferentially suppressed participants' urge to smoke to alleviate negative mood, (b) NicFreebase (vs. NicSalt) slightly preferentially increased plasma nicotine; and (c) NicFreebase and NicSalt (vs. NoNic) produced higher aversive user experience ratings.

conclusionsIn tobacco deprived smokers' initial vaping experience, controlled administration of certain pod-style e-cigarettes with 0.5% NicFreebase or 2.8% NicSalt may be deficient comparators to cigarettes in terms of their capacity to acutely improve mood, deliver nicotine, suppress smoking motivation, and offer a satisfying user experience. Future research is needed to test pod-style e-cigarettes with higher nicotine doses and confirm whether NicFreebase vs. NicSalt enhances nicotine absorption.

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AlcoholismElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsPharmaceutical PreparationsTobacco ProductsVapingAdultHumansSmokersPharmaceutical PreparationsE-cigaretteNicotine formulationSmokingSwitching

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PMID34600262
PMCPMC8631487
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