Researchers will examine the influence of sweet and cooling flavors on the appeal and abuse potential of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes among susceptible youth. Participants will rate the flavor intensity, coolness, sweetness, and irritation experienced using validated rating scales. Forty youth (18-20 years of age) who have experience with e-cigarettes and will participate in 1 laboratory session. They will receive 1 nicotine concentrations (36mg/ml nicotine salt) during the session; during the session they will be exposed, in random order, to sweet (watermelon) and sweet-cooling (watermelon-menthol) flavors combined with the assigned session nicotine concentration.
This study is an examination of the influence of sweet and cooling flavors on the appeal and abuse potential of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes among susceptible youth.