Validation of an E-cigarette Purchase Task in Advanced Generation Device Users.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Behavioral economic purchase tasks are used to estimate the reinforcing value of drugs by asking participants how much they would purchase across a range of increasing prices. We sought to validate such a task for e-cigarettes in experienced users of advanced generation, tank-style devices.

Methods

Dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes (N = 54) and exclusive e-cigarette users (N = 59) attended one session during which they completed assessments including two versions of the E-cigarette Purchase Task: one that asked how many puffs of their e-cigarette they would purchase in 24 hours at varying prices and one that asked how many mLs of e-liquid they would purchase. We correlated purchase task outcomes with other measures of e-cigarette use. We also compared th

SUBMITTER: Cassidy RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542643 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature