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ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2023

Nicotine Intake in Adult Pod E-cigarette Users: Impact of User and Device Characteristics.

Jeremy Giberson, Natalie Nardone, Newton Addo, Sameera Khan, Peyton Jacob, Neal Benowitz, Gideon St Helen

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Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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  4. Urinary Tobacco and Nicotine Exposure Biomarkers as Predictors of Transitions between Cigarette and e-Cigarette Use in the Exhale Longitudinal Cohort Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Jeremy GibersonResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Natalie NardoneResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Newton AddoResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sameera KhanUniviersity of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Peyton JacobResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Neal BenowitzResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2041-8124
Gideon St HelenResearch Program in Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5612-6564

Funding

PROJECT 5: IMPACT OF CHANGING TOBACCO PRODUCT USE ON HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR GENERAL AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONSU54HL147127 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LING, PAMELA MAY · 2018 to 2022
$20.4M
Research Support CoreP30DA012393 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JACOB, PEYTON, JONES, REESE T. · 1999 to 2024
$17.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS 1 U54HL147127NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL147127NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA012393NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study examined user behavior, e-cigarette dependence, and device characteristics on nicotine intake among users of pod-mod e-cigarettes. AIMS AND

methodsIn 2019-2020, people who use pod-mods in the San Francisco Bay Area completed questionnaires and provided a urine sample for analysis of total nicotine equivalents (TNE). The relationship between TNE and e-cigarette use, e-cigarette brands, e-liquid nicotine strength, e-cigarette dependence, and urine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL), as a measure of combustible cigarette exposure, were examined.

resultsOf 100 participants (64% male, 71% in the 18-34 age group, 45% white), 53 used JUUL primarily, 12 used Puff Bar primarily, and 35 used other brands, including Suorin; 48 participants reported current cigarette smoking. Participants most often reported use of e-liquid with 4.5%-6.0% nicotine (68%), fruit (35%), tobacco (28%), and menthol or mint flavors (26%), used e-cigarettes on 25.5 (SD = 6.3) days a month, 10.2 (SD = 14.2) times a day, and 40% used 1-2 pods/cartridges per week. In bivariate analysis, urinary TNE was higher with greater frequency (days used) and intensity (number of pods used) of e-cigarette use, e-cigarette dependence, and combustible cigarette use. In multivariable analysis, days of e-cigarette use in the last 30 days, number of pods used per week, and NNAL levels were significantly associated with TNE. There was no significant impact of e-liquid nicotine strength on TNE.

conclusionsNicotine intake among people who used pod-mod e-cigarettes increased with e-cigarette consumption and e-cigarette dependence, but not with e-liquid nicotine strength. Our findings may inform whether FDA adopts a nicotine standard for e-cigarettes. IMPLICATIONS: The study examined how device and user characteristics influence nicotine intake among pod-mod e-cigarette users. Nicotine intake increased with frequency (days of e-cigarette use in past 30 days) intensity of use (number of pods used per day) and e-cigarette dependence but not with the flavor or nicotine concentration of the e-liquids. Regulation of nicotine concentration of e-liquids is unlikely to influence nicotine exposure among adult experienced pod-mod users.

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Cigarette SmokingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobacco ProductsVapingAdultFemaleHumansMaleNicotineSurveys and QuestionnairesNicotine

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PMID37061820
PMCPMC10347964

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