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Response To: Can We Measure Nicotine Dependence in Dual Users of Cigarettes and ENDS?

Year: 2020

Type: letter

Abstract: In their letter, Ebrahimi Kalan et al.1 support the need to assess nicotine dependence (ND) separately for combustible cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among dual users of these products, as we concluded in our study2 evaluating whether there was one common ND factor underlying the use of these two products. As Ebrahimi Kalan et al. note, effective cessation interventions for dual users will need to understand the symptoms of ND that can be attributed to each product among dual users. We also agree with their point that it is important to understand the context and reasons for the use of each product among dual users. Motives for the use of a particular substance or product undoubtedly reflect some mechanisms that underlie dependence.3 Ebrahimi Kalan et al.’s suggestion, however, to adjust for covariates in our analyses does not change the key point of our analyses or...

Source: Nicotine & Tobacco Research

DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa264

Authors: Robin J Mermelstein, Donald Hedeker, Eva C Rest

Institutions: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences