Naturalistic Topography Assessment in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Unfiltered Cigarettes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
Methods
3. Results
3.1. Calibration and Standardization of CReSS Settings
3.2. Compliance Rates
3.3. Other CReSS Device Issues
3.4. Overheating and Clogging
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic/Characteristic | Total n = 43 |
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n (%) | |
Age, Mean (SD) | 36.7 (9.9) |
Sex | |
Female | 18 (41.9) |
Male | 25 (58.1) |
Ethnicity | |
Not Hispanic/Latino | 35 (81.4) |
Hispanic/Latino | 8 (18.6) |
Mexican | 5 (11.6) |
Puerto Rican | 2 (4.7) |
Another Hispanic/Latino origin | 1 (2.3) |
Race | |
White | 30 (69.8) |
Multiple races | 5 (11.6) |
Asian American | 3 (7.0) |
African American | 2 (4.7) |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 |
Unknown | 3 (7.0) |
Education | |
High school or below | 11 (25.6) |
Some college or technical school | 21 (48.8) |
College graduate or above | 11 (25.6) |
Income (in $1000s), Mean (SD) | 38.7 (35.4) |
# years smoked cigarettes, Mean (SD) | 17.2 (9.6) |
# days smoked in past 30 days, Mean (SD) | 30.0 (0.0) |
# cigarettes smoked per day, past 30 days, Mean (SD) | 14.5 (6.7) |
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Romero, D.R.; Pulvers, K.; Carter, E.; Barber, C.; Satybaldiyeva, N.; Novotny, T.E.; Oren, E. Naturalistic Topography Assessment in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Unfiltered Cigarettes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 11857. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211857
Romero DR, Pulvers K, Carter E, Barber C, Satybaldiyeva N, Novotny TE, Oren E. Naturalistic Topography Assessment in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Unfiltered Cigarettes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(22):11857. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211857
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomero, Devan R., Kim Pulvers, Erika Carter, Casey Barber, Nora Satybaldiyeva, Thomas E. Novotny, and Eyal Oren. 2021. "Naturalistic Topography Assessment in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Unfiltered Cigarettes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22: 11857. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211857