When Less is More: Vaping Low-Nicotine vs. High-Nicotine E-Liquid is Compensated by Increased Wattage and Higher Liquid Consumption
| Autor: | Martin Chaumont, Frank Baeyens, Dinska Van Gucht, Jorien Smets, Karolien Adriaens |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Nicotine
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Santé publique Quit smoking Article law.invention Toxicology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Belgium law Surveys and Questionnaires Nicotine concentration trends in vaping Tobacco Smoking Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Electronic cigarette Consumption (economics) Inhalation Exposure Mutagenèse et technologie génétique Smokers business.industry Vaping lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health electronic cigarette Trends in vaping Smoking Cessation business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 5, p 723 (2019) Volume 16 Issue 5 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (5 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | (1) Background: Previous research (Van Gucht, Adriaens, and Baeyens, 2017) showed that almost all (99%) of the 203 surveyed customers of a Dutch online vape shop had a history of smoking before they had started using an e-cigarette. Almost all were daily vapers who used on average 20 mL e-liquid per week, with an average nicotine concentration of 10 mg/mL. In the current study, we wanted to investigate certain evolutions with regard to technical aspects of vaping behaviour, such as wattage, the volume of e-liquid used and nicotine concentration. In recent years, much more powerful devices have become widely available, e-liquids with very low nicotine concentrations have become the rule rather than the exception in the market supply, and the legislation has been adjusted, including a restriction on maximum nicotine concentrations to 20 mg/mL. (2) Methods: Customers (n = 150) from the same Dutch online vape shop were contacted (to allow a historical comparison), as well as 274 visitors from the Facebook group “Belgian Vape Bond” to compare between groups from two different geographies and/or vaping cultures. (3) Results: Most results were in line with earlier findings: Almost all surveyed vapers were (ex-)smokers, had started (80%) vaping to quit smoking and reported similar positive effects of having switched from smoking to vaping (e.g. improved health). A striking observation, however, was that whereas customers of the Dutch online vape shop used e-liquids with a similar nicotine concentration as that observed previously, the Belgian vapers used e-liquids with a significantly lower nicotine concentration but consumed much more of it. The resulting intake of the total quantity of nicotine did not differ between groups. (4) Conclusions: Among vapers, different vaping typologies may exist, depending on subcultural and/or geographic parameters. As a consequence of choosing low nicotine concentrations and consuming more e-liquid, the Belgian vapers may have a greater potential to expose themselves to larger quantities of harmful or potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) released during vaping. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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