Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students.
<h4>Introduction</h4>E-liquid flavor is typically presented by flavor category (e.g. menthol, mint, fruit, dessert). Cooling sensations produced by flavor additives such as menthol enhance appeal of e-cigarettes among youth, but not all e-liquids that produce cooling sensations are label...
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| author | Danielle R Davis Meghan E Morean Krysten W Bold Deepa Camenga Grace Kong Asti Jackson Patricia Simon Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin |
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| description | <h4>Introduction</h4>E-liquid flavor is typically presented by flavor category (e.g. menthol, mint, fruit, dessert). Cooling sensations produced by flavor additives such as menthol enhance appeal of e-cigarettes among youth, but not all e-liquids that produce cooling sensations are labeled as menthol. Sensory experiences produced by flavors may allow for a new way to capture e-cigarette flavor use. This study aims to examine use of flavors that produce cooling sensations among youth and its association with e-cigarette use behaviors.<h4>Methods</h4>A 2019 survey of high school students (n = 4875) examined use of e-cigarette flavors that produced cooling sensations (cooling flavors) among past 30-day e-cigarette users. E-cigarette use behaviors (flavor use, nicotine use, frequency of use) were examined between those who did and did not use cooling flavors. A binary logistic regression was used to examine associations between vaping frequency, nicotine (vs. non-nicotine) use, and vaping cooling flavors while controlling for demographics, number of flavors vaped in the past month, and vaping age of onset.<h4>Results</h4>51.6% (n = 473/916) of the analytic sample endorsed vaping cooling flavors. There were no demographic differences by vaping cooling flavors. Vaping cooling flavors was associated with vaping more frequently (AOR:1.04,95% CI:1.03,1.05) and vaping nicotine (AOR:2.37,95% CI:1.53,3.67).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Vaping cooling flavors was associated with greater nicotine vaping and frequency of e-cigarette use. Assessing sensory experience, such as cooling, in addition to flavor category may more fully capture e-cigarette flavor use and its impacts on youth e-cigarette use behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30beb5c445714e559e311173f44eb0aa2023-03-18T05:32:35ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01169e025684410.1371/journal.pone.0256844Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students.Danielle R DavisMeghan E MoreanKrysten W BoldDeepa CamengaGrace KongAsti JacksonPatricia SimonSuchitra Krishnan-Sarin<h4>Introduction</h4>E-liquid flavor is typically presented by flavor category (e.g. menthol, mint, fruit, dessert). Cooling sensations produced by flavor additives such as menthol enhance appeal of e-cigarettes among youth, but not all e-liquids that produce cooling sensations are labeled as menthol. Sensory experiences produced by flavors may allow for a new way to capture e-cigarette flavor use. This study aims to examine use of flavors that produce cooling sensations among youth and its association with e-cigarette use behaviors.<h4>Methods</h4>A 2019 survey of high school students (n = 4875) examined use of e-cigarette flavors that produced cooling sensations (cooling flavors) among past 30-day e-cigarette users. E-cigarette use behaviors (flavor use, nicotine use, frequency of use) were examined between those who did and did not use cooling flavors. A binary logistic regression was used to examine associations between vaping frequency, nicotine (vs. non-nicotine) use, and vaping cooling flavors while controlling for demographics, number of flavors vaped in the past month, and vaping age of onset.<h4>Results</h4>51.6% (n = 473/916) of the analytic sample endorsed vaping cooling flavors. There were no demographic differences by vaping cooling flavors. Vaping cooling flavors was associated with vaping more frequently (AOR:1.04,95% CI:1.03,1.05) and vaping nicotine (AOR:2.37,95% CI:1.53,3.67).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Vaping cooling flavors was associated with greater nicotine vaping and frequency of e-cigarette use. Assessing sensory experience, such as cooling, in addition to flavor category may more fully capture e-cigarette flavor use and its impacts on youth e-cigarette use behaviors.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256844 |
| spellingShingle | Danielle R Davis Meghan E Morean Krysten W Bold Deepa Camenga Grace Kong Asti Jackson Patricia Simon Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. PLoS ONE |
| title | Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. |
| title_full | Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. |
| title_fullStr | Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. |
| title_short | Cooling e-cigarette flavors and the association with e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students. |
| title_sort | cooling e cigarette flavors and the association with e cigarette use among a sample of high school students |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256844 |
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