Digital Marketing Strategies Used to Promote Waterpipe Tobacco Among Retailers and Manufacturers.

Introduction: Waterpipe tobacco (WT) is unique compared to other tobacco products. Retailers and manufacturers may promote WT products using different marketing appeals and sales propositions on popular digital marketing media. This study examined WT digital marketing content in the United States (U.

Reactions to a hypothetical reduced nicotine content cigarette policy among sexual- and gender-minoritized communities: a concept mapping study.

Background: People who identify as sexual- and/or gender-minoritized (SGM) individuals have high prevalence of cigarette smoking. This study used concept mapping to examine anticipated reactions to a hypothetical cigarette nicotine reduction policy among SGM individuals in the United States.

Methods: In 2022, SGM individuals who reported past-month cigarette smoking (mean age=33.

Do-it-yourself flavored capsule cigarettes: Exploiting potential regulatory loopholes?

Introduction: Capsule cigarettes allow users to crush liquid-filled capsules to release flavors into cigarettes' filters. New devices are emerging across the globe that allow people who smoke to circumvent tobacco flavor restrictions via injectable capsules. This study examined TikTok videos marketing flavored capsule injector devices.

From disorder to order: A dynamic approach to mesophase formation in soft sphere model.

This study explores the dynamics of self-assembly and mesophase formation through molecular dynamics simulations of hexagonal and lamellar systems using a simplified coarse-grained model. We focus on characterizing the order-disorder transitions driven by temperature variations and emphasize the often overlooked disordered regime, which serves as a precursor to periodic mesoscale ordering. Our findings not only underscore the morphological richness of the disordered regime, comparable to that of its periodic counterparts, but also reveal the presence of clustering regimes within isotropic phases, thus corroborating prior experimental and theoretical observations.

A multi-year characterization of confiscated vaping products from Virginia school youth.

The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulatory oversight over electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) includes access restriction for persons <21 years of age and flavor restrictions for "cartridge-based" products. Despite the restrictions, consumption by US youth perseveres. Studies on youth e-cig use are limited by the reliability and accuracy of self-reports.