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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Reshaping of the E-Cigarette Retail Environment: Its Evolution and Public Health Concerns.

Carla J Berg, Albert Melena, Friedner D Wittman, Tomas Robles, Lisa Henriksen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Minimum Legal Sales Age for e-Cigarettes: a Qualitative Study on the Implementation of Model Policy Components.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  2. Where Do E-cigarette Users Buy Their E-cigarette Products? Results From a Nationally Representative Sample of Adult E-cigarette Users in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  5. Examining indirect effects of advertising exposure on young adults' cannabis and nicotine vaping.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023
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  6. Kratom availability in California vape shops.Preventive medicine reports · 2023
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  9. Changes in the Point-of-Sale Among Vape Shops in Six U.S. Metropolitan Areas Over Time, 2018-2021.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Carla J BergDepartment of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8931-1961
Albert MelenaSan Fernando Valley Partnership, Inc., 1131 Celis Street, San Fernando, CA 91340, USA.
Friedner D WittmanCLEW Associates, 950 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA.
Tomas RoblesSan Fernando Valley Partnership, Inc., 1131 Celis Street, San Fernando, CA 91340, USA.
Lisa HenriksenStanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 3180 Porter Drive, Suite 125, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.

Funding

Recreational Marijuana Marketing and Young Adult Consumer Behavior - Administrative SupplementR01DA054751 · NIDA · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Carla J Berg, Patricia A Cavazos-Rehg · 2022 to 2026
$4.3M
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
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
Emory-Georgia Clean Air Research & Education (CARE) ProgramD43ES030927 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BERG, CARLA J, CAUDLE, WILLIAM MICHAEL · 2019 to 2025
$1.2M
Assessing IQOS Marketing Influences and Consumer Behavior in Israel: Implications for the USR01CA239178 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BERG, CARLA J, LEVINE, HAGAI · 2019 to 2021
$1.2M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW010664NCI NIH HHS R01 CA179422NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215155NCI NIH HHS R01CA215155-01A1NCI NIH HHS R01 CA239178NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA054751NIEHS NIH HHS D43 ES030927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

E-cigarette use represents a public health controversy in the US and globally. Despite the potential of e-cigarettes to support cigarette cessation, their use increases health risks and risk for addiction, particularly in young people. Various federal, state, and local laws have impacted tobacco retail in general and e-cigarettes in particular. In the US, 2019-2020 federal laws increased in the minimum legal sales age for tobacco to 21 and banned flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes. Many states and localities were early adopters of Tobacco 21 and implemented more comprehensive flavor restrictions than the federal ban. Meanwhile, cannabis retail is increasingly being legalized in the US-while cannabis-based product regulation has notable gaps at the federal, state, and local levels. These regulatory complexities have impacted specialized retailers selling e-cigarettes, including "vape shops" that exclusively sell e-cigarettes, "smoke shops" that sell e-cigarettes and other tobacco (and potentially CBD/THC and other un- or under-regulated products), and online retail. This commentary outlines public health concerns related to: (1) youth access; (2) consumer exposure to a broader range of tobacco products and marketing in retail settings where they may seek products to aid in cigarette cessation (i.e., such broad product exposure could hinder cessation attempts); (3) consumer exposure to un-/under-regulated products (e.g., delta-8-THC, kratom); and (4) federal, state, and local regulations being undermined by consumer access to prohibited products online and via the mail. These concerns underscore the need for ongoing surveillance of how retailers and consumers respond to regulations.

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobacco ProductsVapingAdolescentCommerceDronabinolHumansMarketingPublic HealthDronabinole-cigaretteshealth disparitiesmarketingsocial determinantstobacco control

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PMID35886373
PMCPMC9319677

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