Standard laboratory electronic cigarette
(ECIG) puffing protocols
that do not consider user behaviors, such as removing and resinserting
a pod, may underestimate emissions. This study compared JUUL emissions
from four 10-puff bout procedures. We generated ECIG aerosol in a
chamber using a JUUL device and measured concentrations of particulate
matter ≤2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5). The JUUL
pod was removed and reinserted 0 times, 1 time, 4 times, and 9 times
in experiments 1–4, respectively. Mean real-time PM2.5 concentration was 65.06 μg/m3 (SD = 99.53) for
experiment 1, 375.50 μg/m3 (SD = 346.45) for experiment
2, 501.94 μg/m3 (SD = 450.00) for experiment 3, and
834.69 μg/m3 (SD = 578.34) for experiment 4. In this
study, removing and reinserting a JUUL pod resulted in greater PM2.5 concentrations compared to puffing protocols in which the
JUUL pod was not removed and reinserted. ECIGs should be examined
and evaluated based on ECIG users’ real-world behaviors.
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