This grant compares the effects of cigarette smoking, protonated nicotine ("salt") aerosol through an Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), and unprotonated nicotine aerosol through an ENDS on nicotine delivery, nicotine craving, and other outcomes in cigarette smokers.
The purpose of this study is to determine differences in nicotine delivery, user behavior, subjective effects, and physiological effects, when cigarette smokers use a nicotine "salt" (protonated) aerosol, relative to an unprotonated aerosol or their own brand of cigarettes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
Participants will be instructed to take one puff of the Subox Mini C with Avail 18 mg nicotine salt (protonated) liquid every 30 seconds for 5 minutes followed by a 2nd blood draw. Next, participants will be given 90 minutes to use the product ad lib, i.e., as much as desired.
Participants will be instructed to take one puff of the Subox Mini C with Avail 18 mg nicotine (unprotonated) liquid every 30 seconds for 5 minutes followed by a 2nd blood draw. Next, participants will be given 90 minutes to use the product ad lib, i.e., as much as desired.
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Plasma Nicotine
Change in plasma nicotine level
Time frame: Blood will be taken 4 times in each session: baseline, 5 minutes after the start of a 10-puff product use, and then before and after an approximately 1-hour ad lib use period.
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Participants will be instructed to take one puff of a cigarette matching their typical brand every 30 seconds for 5 minutes followed by a 2nd blood draw. Next, participants will be given 90 minutes to use the product ad lib, i.e., as much as desired.