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Prevalence of disposable pod use and consumer preference for e-cigarette product characteristics among vape shop customers in Southern California: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open. 2021 10 05; 11(10):e049604.BO

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

In February 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a guidance restricting the sales and distribution of cartridge-based e-cigarettes with flavours other than tobacco and menthol. Disposable devices were exempt from this guidance. This study examined the prevalence of disposable pod use and flavour preference compared with refillable pod and other e-cigarette users among vape shop customers.

DESIGN

Cross-sectional study.

SETTING

In July 2019-March 2020, trained data collectors visited 44 vape shops in California with permission to recruit customers from shop owners.

PARTICIPANTS

Intercept interviews with 276 customers were conducted.

OUTCOMES AND PROCEDURES

Customers were grouped based on self-reported device type used most often (disposable pod, refillable pod and other e-cigarettes). Groups were compared on self-reported demographics, flavours preferred, daily e-cigarette use, preferred nicotine concentration levels and cigarette use.

RESULTS

Of the 276 customers surveyed, 11.2% used disposable pods in the past 30 days. Among disposable pod users, fruit/candy (80.7%), mint (77.4%) and menthol (67.7%) were common preferred flavours, while tobacco flavours were less commonly preferred (19.4%). When compared with refillable pod and other non-pod e-cigarette device users, disposable pod users were younger, used higher nicotine concentration levels, were more likely to prefer mint and menthol flavours and use e-cigarettes as their first product, while less likely to ever use cigarettes and use e-cigarettes daily.

DISCUSSION

Despite using higher nicotine levels and preferred menthol/mint flavours more often than users of other devices, disposable pod users reported lower prevalence of lifetime smoking and daily vaping and were younger. Given the current findings, regulations addressing non-tobacco flavours and nicotine concentration in disposable pod devices merit consideration in efforts to reduce vaping in younger adult never smokers.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Galimov A
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA galimov@usc.edu.
Leventhal A
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Institute for Addiction Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Meza L
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Unger JB
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Huh J
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Baezconde-Garbanati L
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sussman SY
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

MeSH

AdultCaliforniaConsumer BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHumansPrevalenceTobacco ProductsVaping

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34610937

Citation

Galimov, Artur, et al. "Prevalence of Disposable Pod Use and Consumer Preference for E-cigarette Product Characteristics Among Vape Shop Customers in Southern California: a Cross-sectional Study." BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 10, 2021, pp. e049604.
Galimov A, Leventhal A, Meza L, et al. Prevalence of disposable pod use and consumer preference for e-cigarette product characteristics among vape shop customers in Southern California: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2021;11(10):e049604.
Galimov, A., Leventhal, A., Meza, L., Unger, J. B., Huh, J., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., & Sussman, S. Y. (2021). Prevalence of disposable pod use and consumer preference for e-cigarette product characteristics among vape shop customers in Southern California: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 11(10), e049604. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049604
Galimov A, et al. Prevalence of Disposable Pod Use and Consumer Preference for E-cigarette Product Characteristics Among Vape Shop Customers in Southern California: a Cross-sectional Study. BMJ Open. 2021 10 5;11(10):e049604. PubMed PMID: 34610937.
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