Associated Changes in E-cigarette Puff Duration and Cigarettes Smoked per Day.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To examine whether changes in select measures of e-cigarette puffing topography are associated with changes in smoking behavior.

Methods

Sixteen current cigarette smokers were instructed to completely switch from smoking combustible cigarettes to using e-cigarettes over a 2-week period. The study was completed in the Southern Midwestern region of the United States. Measures included demographics, smoking history, and cigarette dependence, as well as baseline and 2-week follow-up self-reported cigarettes per day, cigarette craving and urges, exhaled carbon monoxide readings, and e-cigarette usage data (puff number, puffing time, and average puff duration) collected via the e-cigarette built-in puff counter.

Results

Over the 2-week switching period, partici

SUBMITTER: Wagener TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8135414 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature