Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Clement N. Uguna, Colin E. Snape
Summary: This review examines the chemical evidence of IQOS emissions and their potential health threats. The study finds that IQOS emissions contain harmful compounds, similar to those in conventional cigarette smoke. However, the researchers argue that previous studies may have underestimated the levels of harmful compounds in IQOS aerosol. Furthermore, IQOS emissions contain carbon particles, which fit the definitions of both aerosol and smoke. The review recommends further research to assess the impact of repeated use and the formation of compounds in IQOS emissions.
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Suhana Chattopadhyay, Leena Malayil, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Amy R. Sapkota
Summary: Research indicates a wide range of bacterial and fungal microbiomes present in tobacco products, with some known human pathogens and others as potential opportunistic pathogens. Future studies should focus on the viability of these microorganisms and their potential transfer to the respiratory tract of users, potentially impacting their health.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christine M. Steeger, Alyssa F. Harlow, Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis, Patricia Simon, Karl G. Hill, Adam M. Leventhal
Summary: The use of flavored tobacco is associated with a lower likelihood of quitting smoking, and specific flavor categories reduce the chances of quitting across different tobacco products. Current use of flavored tobacco products is associated with a reduced likelihood of quitting.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Brittney Keller-Hamilton, Bo Lu, Megan E. Roberts, Micah L. Berman, Elisabeth D. Root, Amy K. Ferketich
Summary: The study found that adolescent boys who used e-cigarettes were more likely to later initiate smoking and use traditional tobacco products compared to boys who had never used e-cigarettes.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Christel Wekon-Kemeni, Prathipa Santhanam, Pallav Halani, Lauren Bradford, Ceila E. Loughlin
Summary: EVALI is a disease process that has become prevalent in the United States, with thousands of cases reported. This case study highlights an adolescent boy who developed EVALI after significant electronic cigarette use, presenting with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms. It is important to consider EVALI in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, systemic inflammation markers, a history of vaping, or in the age range of electronic cigarette users.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dale S. Mantey, Stephanie I. Clendennen, Aslesha Sumbe, Anna Wilkinson, Melissa B. Harrell
Summary: This study examines the impact of stress on e-cigarette use among young people and finds that perceived stress is associated with progression and continuation of e-cigarette use among young adults, but not with initiation.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wonjeong Yoon, Inhyung Cho, Sung-Il Cho
Summary: Based on the findings, the use of e-cigarettes is closely associated with early-stage behavior in the smoking cessation process. E-cigarettes may encourage smokers to attempt quitting and achieve short-term cessation, but in the real world, they also contribute to smokers continuing to smoke without immediate intention to quit.
Editorial Material
Substance Abuse
Colin Mendelsohn, Alex Wodak, Wayne Hall
Summary: Despite regulating nicotine vaping products as prescription-only medicines, Australia has not been able to prevent a thriving black market from selling unregulated vape products to both children and adults. Very few adult vapers opt for the legal prescription pathway. The preferred approach is a tightly regulated consumer model with nicotine vaping products sold by licensed retail outlets with strict age-of-sale verification.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jennifer L. Pearson, Yitong Zhou, Sabrina L. Smiley, Leslie F. Rubin, Emily Harvey, Brandon Koch, Raymond Niaura, David B. Abrams
Summary: Providing e-cigarettes to smokers who did not intend to quit reduced their cigarette smoking when using the e-cigarette more frequently, but this effect did not hold for menthol smokers. Older smokers and those who started smoking at a younger age rated e-cigarettes as less satisfying. Participants with higher satisfaction levels were more likely to continue using e-cigarettes at the 30-day follow-up.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nadja Mallock, Andrea Rabenstein, Solveig Gernun, Peter Laux, Christoph Hutzler, Susanne Karch, Gabriele Koller, Frank Henkler-Stephani, Maria Kristina Parr, Oliver Pogarell, Andreas Luch, Tobias Ruether
Summary: The emergence of e-cigarettes has led to increased consumption among adolescents in the US. The JUUL's success is linked to its high nicotine delivery capacity, which is limited to 20 mg/mL in Europe. A study comparing tobacco cigarettes, the initial and modified European JUUL versions showed lower nicotine delivery and reduced urge to smoke/vape with the JUUL variants compared to cigarettes. However, the pod design modification did not show significant differences in the first ten puffs, only becoming evident after longer usage time.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sary Alsanea, Ziyad Alrabiah, Sana Samreen, Wajid Syed, Rawan M. Bin Khunayn, Nasser M. Al-Arifi, Miteb Alenazi, Sultan Alghadeer, Abdulaziz Alhossan, Abdulrahman Alwhaibi, Mohamed N. Al-Arifi
Summary: Among health college students, there is an increasing trend of electronic cigarette (EC) use accompanied by insufficient knowledge and misconceptions. This has a negative impact on their attitudes towards EC use and may have negative consequences for public health.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sarah Sloat
Summary: The stress from COVID-19 worsened the existing flaws in the system, causing it to collapse.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hugo Torregrossa, Bertrand Dautzenberg, Pierre Birkui, Nicole Rieu, Marie-Dominique Dautzenberg, Maria Melchior, Murielle Mary-Krause
Summary: The study compared the characteristics of exclusive e-cigarette users with those of exclusive tobacco users and dual users. The results found that compared to exclusive tobacco smokers, e-cigarette users were less likely to use cannabis and more likely to initiate smoking with an e-cigarette or a hookah instead of traditional cigarettes. Additionally, exclusive e-cigarette users were younger and less likely to have smoking friends. Exclusive tobacco users and dual users had similar characteristics.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. P. Tripathy, P. V. Maha Lakshmi
Summary: The study aimed to identify latent classes of adult tobacco or nicotine-based product users in India, compare their sociodemographic distribution and quitting behaviour, and explore the association of quitting behaviour and time to first tobacco use with class membership. Data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in India were analyzed, resulting in the identification of five latent classes with significant differences in sociodemographic characteristics and tobacco use behavior. The findings of this study are important for tailoring interventions to different classes of tobacco product users.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Isabelle Ruedisueli, Karishma Lakhani, Randy Nguyen, Jeffrey Gornbein, Holly R. Middlekauff
Summary: This study found that in people who smoke tobacco cigarettes, using an electronic cigarette acutely and significantly prolongs several metrics of ventricular repolarization, and this adverse effect on repolarization is found only in male, not female, smokers.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)