Effects of non-tobacco flavors and nicotine on e-cigarette product appeal among young adult never, former, and current smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

E-cigarette regulations targeting products that disproportionately appeal to never-smokers may optimize population health. This laboratory study of young adults tested whether differences in appeal between e-cigarettes with non-tobacco-flavored (vs. tobacco-flavored) and nicotine-containing (vs. nicotine-free) solutions varied by smoking history.

Methods

Current (N = 53), former (N = 25), and never (N = 22) cigarette smokers who vape (Mean[SD] age = 25.4[4.4] years) administered standardized e-cigarette doses varied by a Flavor (fruit, menthol, tobacco) × Nicotine (nicotine-containing [6 mg/mL], nicotine-free) within-subject double-blind design. Participants rated each dose's appeal (0-100 scale). Covariate-adjusted interactions tested whether smoking history mode

SUBMITTER: Leventhal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489757 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature