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E-Cigarettes May Have the Potential to Engage Homeless Populations

A cluster feasibility trial to explore the uptake and use of e-cigarettes versus usual care offered to smokers attending homeless centres in Great Britain

PLoS ONE, October 23, 2020

Author(s):

Lynne Dawkins
Linda Bauld
Allison Ford
Deborah Robson
Peter Hajek
Steve Parrott
Catherine Best
Jinshuo Li
Allan Tyler
Isabelle Uny
Sharon Cox

AVA Synopsis: The study’s authors aimed to “assess the feasibility of supplying free e-cigarette starter kits” to smokers using homeless centers and “to estimate parameters to inform a possible future larger trial.” The authors note that, similar to the United States, smoking prevalence is higher among disadvantaged populations and “smoking-related deaths are two to three […]

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Review Examines the Effects of Tobacco Harm Reduction Products – Including E-Cigarettes

Tobacco harm reduction in the 21st century

Drugs and Alcohol Today, July 13, 2020

Author(s):

Renée O'Leary
Riccardo Polosa

AVA Synopsis: The authors seek to provide a comprehensive review to emphasize “the need for tobacco harm reduction.” The authors focus on the effects of substituting harm reduction products, including snus, heat-not-burn, and vapor products, for smoking. The review examines literature of each tobacco harm reduction product, as well as barriers to harm reduction – […]

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E-Liquids Have Little to No Effect on Cell Viability, Study Finds

High Content Screening in NHBE cells shows significantly reduced biological activity of flavoured e-liquids, when compared to cigarette smoke condensate

Toxicology in Vitro, March 14, 2019

Author(s):

Lukasz Czekala
Liam Simms
Matthew Stevenson
Edgar Trelles-Sticken
Paul Walker
Tanvir Walelea

AVA Synopsis: The study used high content screening (HCS) to “screen multiple compounds for biological activity and toxicity” to assess “possible mechanistic pathways in intact biological systems.” The study compared combustible cigarette smoke condensate and e-liquids’ effects in normal human bronchial epithelial cells, including assessing cellular health, energy production and oxidative stress. The authors found […]

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Daily E-Cigarette Use Associated with 77 Percent Increase in Smoking Cessation

Electronic Cigarette Use and Cigarette Abstinence Over 2 Years Among U.S. Smokers in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study

Nicotine & Tobacco Research, July 11, 2019

Author(s):

Sara Kalkhoran, MD, MAS
Yuchiao Chang, PhD
Nancy A Rigotti, MD

AVA Synopsis The study used the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study to analyze data adult cigarettes, specifically “prolonged cigarette abstinence, defined as past 30-day cigarette abstinence.” The authors compared rates of e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use among three waves of survey data. The study found that “daily e-cigarette use at Wave 1 was […]

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Estimated 10.8 Million American Adult Vapers in 2016

Prevalence and Distribution of E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016

Annals of Internal Medicine, October 2, 2018

Author(s):

Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, MD
Paniz Charkhchi, MD
Sina Kianoush, MD, MPH
S.M. Iftekhar Uddin, MBBS, MSPH
Olusola A. Orimoloye, MBBS, MPH
Rana Jaber, PhD
Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM
Michael E. Hall, MD, MSc
Andrew P. DeFilippis, MD, MSc
Wasim Maziak, MD, PhD
Khurram Nasir, MD MPH
Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH

AVA Synopsis: The study’s authors used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys “to report the prevalence and distribution of current e-cigarette us among U.S. adults in 2016.” The authors found that 4.5 percent of US adults reported current e-cigarette use in 2016, which amounted to 10.8 million adult e-cigarette […]

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