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Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It”

In order to curb increasing youth electronic cigarette (e-cig) use, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the sale of flavored cartridge/pod-based products in February 2020. This mixed-methods study aimed to evaluate the impact of the FDA ban on adult JUUL users. The samples of...

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Autores principales: Yingst, Jessica M., Bordner, Candace R., Hobkirk, Andréa L., Hoglen, Brianna, Allen, Sophia I., Krebs, Nicolle M., Houser, Kenneth R., Livelsberger, Craig, Foulds, Jonathan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396598
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010207
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author Yingst, Jessica M.
Bordner, Candace R.
Hobkirk, Andréa L.
Hoglen, Brianna
Allen, Sophia I.
Krebs, Nicolle M.
Houser, Kenneth R.
Livelsberger, Craig
Foulds, Jonathan
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Bordner, Candace R.
Hobkirk, Andréa L.
Hoglen, Brianna
Allen, Sophia I.
Krebs, Nicolle M.
Houser, Kenneth R.
Livelsberger, Craig
Foulds, Jonathan
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description In order to curb increasing youth electronic cigarette (e-cig) use, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the sale of flavored cartridge/pod-based products in February 2020. This mixed-methods study aimed to evaluate the impact of the FDA ban on adult JUUL users. The samples of current adult JUUL users were surveyed via Amazon Mechanical Turk at three time-points n = 76 (Sample 1); n = 128 (Sample 2); n = 86 (Sample 3) before and after the FDA flavored/pod ban. The participants were asked to report the JUUL flavored pod used most often and answer questions on purchasing generic pods or refilling (Quantitative). JUUL users were then interviewed in order to explore their perceptions and behaviors related to the FDA ban of flavored cartridge/pod-based products (Qualitative; n = 16). Quantitative data analysis evaluated the differences in variables by time-point. Qualitative data were coded into themes while using the constant comparative method. We found a significant decrease in the use of mint pods (43.4%, 22.7%, 16.3%) (p < 0.01), while there was a significant increase in the use of menthol pods (6.6%, 26.6%, 37.2%) (p < 0.01). Themes that emerged from the qualitative data included switching from mint to menthol pods, refilling pods, and switching to other products that are available in the desired flavors, such as generic pods or disposable e-cigs. Future research is needed in order to evaluate the impact of these behaviors on public health.
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spelling pubmed-77957572021-01-10 Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It” Yingst, Jessica M. Bordner, Candace R. Hobkirk, Andréa L. Hoglen, Brianna Allen, Sophia I. Krebs, Nicolle M. Houser, Kenneth R. Livelsberger, Craig Foulds, Jonathan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In order to curb increasing youth electronic cigarette (e-cig) use, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the sale of flavored cartridge/pod-based products in February 2020. This mixed-methods study aimed to evaluate the impact of the FDA ban on adult JUUL users. The samples of current adult JUUL users were surveyed via Amazon Mechanical Turk at three time-points n = 76 (Sample 1); n = 128 (Sample 2); n = 86 (Sample 3) before and after the FDA flavored/pod ban. The participants were asked to report the JUUL flavored pod used most often and answer questions on purchasing generic pods or refilling (Quantitative). JUUL users were then interviewed in order to explore their perceptions and behaviors related to the FDA ban of flavored cartridge/pod-based products (Qualitative; n = 16). Quantitative data analysis evaluated the differences in variables by time-point. Qualitative data were coded into themes while using the constant comparative method. We found a significant decrease in the use of mint pods (43.4%, 22.7%, 16.3%) (p < 0.01), while there was a significant increase in the use of menthol pods (6.6%, 26.6%, 37.2%) (p < 0.01). Themes that emerged from the qualitative data included switching from mint to menthol pods, refilling pods, and switching to other products that are available in the desired flavors, such as generic pods or disposable e-cigs. Future research is needed in order to evaluate the impact of these behaviors on public health. MDPI 2020-12-30 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7795757/ /pubmed/33396598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010207 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yingst, Jessica M.
Bordner, Candace R.
Hobkirk, Andréa L.
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Krebs, Nicolle M.
Houser, Kenneth R.
Livelsberger, Craig
Foulds, Jonathan
Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It”
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title_fullStr Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It”
title_full_unstemmed Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It”
title_short Response to Flavored Cartridge/Pod-Based Product Ban among Adult JUUL Users: “You Get Nicotine However You Can Get It”
title_sort response to flavored cartridge/pod-based product ban among adult juul users: “you get nicotine however you can get it”
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396598
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010207
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