Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes in High-Risk Populations: 3 Randomized Clinical Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prohibiting the sale of commonly preferred e-cigarette flavors (eg, fruity and sweet) to discourage use among youths poses a risk of diminishing efforts to decrease smoking in adults.

Objective

To compare reductions in smoking achieved in adults with psychiatric conditions or lower educational level using very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarettes alone, combined with e-cigarettes limited to tobacco flavor (TF), or combined with e-cigarettes in participant-preferred flavors.

Design, setting, and participants

Three randomized clinical trials were conducted for 16 weeks from October 2020 through November 2023 at the University of Vermont, Brown University, and Johns Hopkins University. Participants were adults who smoked daily and were not planning to quit i

SUBMITTER: Higgins ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11380105 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature