An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Federal Regulations
1.1.1. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deeming Rule
1.1.2. The E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
1.1.3. The U.S. Preventing All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act
1.2. California State Regulations
1.2.1. California Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Marijuana Act
1.2.2. E-Cigarette Products
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Initial Sample Recruitment
2.2. Data Collection across the Four Waves
2.3. Measures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. E-Cigarette Products
3.2. Customer Amenities
3.3. Other Products
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wave 1 (N = 77) | Wave 2 * (N = 61) | Wave 3 * (N = 122) | Wave 4 ** (N = 85) | |
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E-cigarette Products | ||||
Disposable Devices | 14 (18.2%) | 6 (9.8%) | 11 (9.0%) | 84 (98.8%) |
Atomizers | 76 (98.7%) | 60 (98.4%) | 119 (97.5%) | 77 (90.5%) |
Mouth tips | 76 (98.7%) | 60 (98.4%) | 111 (91.0%) | N/A |
Pod Mod Devices | N/A | N/A | 97 (79.5%) | 82 (96.5%) |
Wires/Coils | 10 (13.0%) | 40 (65.6%) | 90 (73.8%) | 44 (51.8%) |
Customer Amenities | ||||
Self-Service E-juice Display | 64 (83.1%) | 54 (88.5%) | 13 (10.7%) | 8 (9.0%) |
Drills Available in Shop | 46 (60.0%) | 37 (60.7%) | 20 (16.4%) | 0 |
Other Products | ||||
Glass pipes, bongs, etc. | 0 | 0 | 26 (21.0%) | 26 (30.5%) |
CBD | 0 | 0 | 23 (19.0%) | 62 (72.9%) |
Delta 8/9-THC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (10.6%) |
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Galstyan, E.; Galimov, A.; Meza, L.; Huh, J.; Berg, C.J.; Unger, J.B.; Baezconde-Garbanati, L.; Sussman, S. An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315827
Galstyan E, Galimov A, Meza L, Huh J, Berg CJ, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Sussman S. An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315827
Chicago/Turabian StyleGalstyan, Ellen, Artur Galimov, Leah Meza, Jimi Huh, Carla J. Berg, Jennifer B. Unger, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, and Steve Sussman. 2022. "An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315827