Flavour spectrum of the Puff family of disposable e-cigarettes
Flavour spectrum of the Puff family of disposable e-cigarettes
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DOI：
10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056780
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发表时间：
2022-01-10
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5.2
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Jackler, Robert K.
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作者：
Ramamurthi, Divya;Chau, Cindy;Jackler, Robert K.
背景 2020 年 1 月，美国食品和药物管理局禁止在 JUUL 等预装小烟装置中销售香料（薄荷醇和烟草除外），以减少青少年吸电子烟。一次性设备被排除在禁令之外。目标 确定 Puff Bar（一次性领先品牌）及相关产品销售的口味范围和规模。方法 2020 年 6 月至 8 月期间，通过包括供应商网站、批发经销商、制造商（例如中国制造网）和社交媒体渠道 Instagram 在内的在线搜索来识别一次性电子烟口味。结果“Puff”品牌名称和标志性云徽标出现在各种不同尺寸和尼古丁烟油量的产品上。 Puff Bar 及其模仿者 (Puff-a-Likes) 共鉴定出 139 种口味。水果口味占主导地位，占口味品种的 82.2%（水果占 50%，水果和薄荷醇/薄荷占 23.6%，果味饮料占 8.6%）。一种流行的新口味类别，将水果与薄荷醇/薄荷（冰）相结合，有 33 个品种，如荔枝冰、郁郁葱葱冰和香蕉冰。一次性电子烟品牌正在采取措施，通过在上市后向无味尼古丁电子烟液中添加香料来逃避烟草监管（例如，非烟草来源的尼古丁）和香料限制。结论 一次性调味电子烟产品的激增（其中许多产品旨在模仿流行的电子烟产品）表明，仅涵盖单一类别的严格限制的调味品法规注定会失败。为了有效地保护青少年，香料法规需要适用于所有含有娱乐性尼古丁的产品，并且需要包括应对上市后香料添加的措施。
Background In January 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration prohibited the sale of flavours (except for menthol and tobacco) in prefilled pod devices such as JUUL to decrease youth vaping. Excluded from the prohibition were disposable devices. Objectives To determine the scope and scale of flavours marketed by Puff Bar, a leading disposable brand, and related products. Methods Disposable e-cigarette flavours were identified via online searches encompassing vendor websites, wholesale distributors, manufacturers (eg, made-in-china.com), and social media channel, Instagram, between June and August 2020. Results The 'Puff' brand name and iconic cloud logo appear on a variety of products of differing sizes and nicotine e-liquid volumes. Among Puff Bar and its copycats (Puff-a-Likes), 139 flavours were identified. Fruit flavours predominated comprising 82.2% of the flavour varieties (fruit 50%, fruit and menthol/mint 23.6%, and fruity drinks 8.6%). A prevalent new flavour category which combines fruit with menthol/mint (Ice) was offered in 33 varieties such as Lychee Ice, Lush Ice and Banana Ice. Disposable e-cigarette brands are undertaking measures to escape tobacco regulation (eg, non-tobacco-sourced nicotine) and flavour limitations via post-market flavour additions to unflavoured nicotine e-liquid. Conclusions The proliferation of flavoured disposable e-cigarette products, many of which are designed to emulate popular pod devices, illustrates that narrowly limited flavour regulations covering only a single category are destined to fail. To be effective in youth protection, flavour regulations need to apply to all recreational nicotine-containing products and need to include measures to counter post-market flavour addition.