This study will assess environmental emissions of selected compounds in a test chamber after cigarette smoking or e-cigarette vaping.
Secondhand smoke is the aged and diluted combination of smoke exhaled by a smoker and sidestream smoke (smoke from the lit end of a cigarette). Electronic cigarettes are different from tobacco-burning cigarettes in that they produce vapor, not smoke. For consistency with common usage, secondhand smoke (SHS) refers to true secondhand smoke from cigarettes and secondhand vapor from e-cigarettes. The goals of this study are to 1) increase understanding of the composition of SHS from e-cigarettes, 2) quantitatively compare the amount of SHS generated by e-cigarettes and a market sample of commercial e-cigarettes to leading brand styles of commercial tobacco-burning cigarettes, and 3) quantitate the emission factors of e-cigarettes including the market-sample e-cigarettes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
71
Tobacco-burning non-menthol cigarette
Tobacco-burning menthol cigarette
Electronic cigarette
Clinical Research Atlanta
Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
To assess differences in levels of selected SHS constituents in an environmental test chamber after human smoking of e-cigarette #1, #2, and #3 compared to after human smoking of tobacco-burning cigarettes.
Time frame: 2 weeks for participants in Cohorts 1 and 2; and approximately 4 weeks for participants in Cohorts 3, 4, and 5
To determine selected SHS constituent emission factors for each tobacco-burning cigarette, each e-cigarette, and the market-sample e-cigarettes (collectively).
Time frame: 2 weeks for participants in Cohorts 1, 2, and 6; and approximately 4 weeks for participants in Cohorts 3, 4, and 5
To assess the differences in levels of selected SHS constituents in an environmental test chamber after human smoking of e-cigarettes and tobacco-burning cigarettes compared to after a non-smoking blank condition.
Time frame: 2 weeks for participants in Cohorts 1, 2, and 6; and approximately 4 weeks for participants in Cohorts 3, 4, and 5
To assess differences in levels of additional selected SHS constituents in an environmental test chamber after human smoking of e-cigarettes compared to after human smoking of tobacco-burning cigarettes.
Time frame: 2 weeks for participants in Cohorts 1, 2, and 6; and approximately 4 weeks for participants in Cohorts 3, 4, and 5
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