The Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace I: Effects of Vaping Product Bans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Banning vaping products may have unintended outcomes, such as increased demand for illegal products. This study experimentally examined the effects of a vaping ban and a flavored vaping ban on the probability of purchasing illicit vaping products, and factors affecting purchasing from a hypothetical illegal marketplace.

Methods

A crowdsourced sample of exclusive cigarette smokers, exclusive e-cigarette users, and frequent dual users (n = 150) completed hypothetical purchasing trials in an Experimental Tobacco Marketplace under three conditions (no ban, vaping ban, and flavored vaping ban). Participants chose to purchase in a hypothetical legal experimental tobacco marketplace (LETM) or illegal experimental tobacco marketplace (IETM). Vaping products were available

SUBMITTER: Freitas-Lemos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403238 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature