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Protocol - Flavor Preference - e-cigarettes - Adult

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Description

This is a 6-item adult questionnaire to determine flavor preference when using e-cigarette products.

Specific Instructions

Determine age and e-cigarette smoking status prior to administration.

*ECIGFILL = e-cigarettes, e-cigarette cartridges, e-liquid (depends on what type of e-cigarette participant endorsed using).

Although this question only asks about the use of cigarettes, the Biobehavioral Working Group feels that these questions can be asked about other tobacco products including e-cigarettes, hookah, and snuff. Specify each product you are looking for (e.g., cigarettes, cigars [large cigars, cigarillos, and little filtered cigars], pipes, hookah, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, dissolvables, bidis, and kreteks).

Protocol

1. When you first started using e-cigarettes, were they flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets?

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

2. Which flavor did you first start using? If multiple flavors were mixed together, choose all that apply.

1[ ]Menthol or mint

2[ ]Clove or spice

3[ ]Fruit

4[ ]Chocolate

5[ ]An alcoholic drink (such as wine, cognac, margarita or other cocktails)

6[ ]Candy or other sweets

7[ ]Some other flavor

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

3. In the past 30 days, [were/was] any of the [ECIGFILL2]* you used flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets?

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

4. Which flavors have you used in the past 30 days? Choose all that apply.

1[ ]Menthol or mint

2[ ]Clove or spice

3[ ]Fruit

4[ ]Chocolate

5[ ]An alcoholic drink (such as wine, cognac, margarita or other cocktails)

6[ ]Candy or other sweets

7[ ]Some other flavor

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

5. [Is/was] [your regular brand/the last brand] you [use/used] flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets?

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

6. Which flavor [is/was] it? If multiple flavors were mixed together, choose all that apply.

1[ ]Menthol or mint

2[ ]Clove or spice

3[ ]Fruit

4[ ]Chocolate

5[ ]An alcoholic drink (such as wine, cognac, margarita or other cocktails)

6[ ]Candy or other sweets

7[ ]Some other flavor

-8[ ]Don’t Know

-7[ ]Refused

Availability

Available

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adult

Participants

Adult protocol: age 18+

Selection Rationale

These items are from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Wave 2 survey and are validated measures of adult and youth flavor preferences.

Language

English

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
caDSR Form PhenX PX720601 - Flavor Preference Ecigarettes Adult 6238536 caDSR Form
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Adult Extended Interview

Source

Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Adult Extended Interview, June 18, 2013

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=201307-0925-001

General References

Grana, R. A., & Ling, P. M (2014). "Smoking revolution": A content analysis of electronic cigarette retail websites. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(4), 395-403. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.12.010.

Protocol ID

720601

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX720601_30_Days_Ecig_Flavor_Choice
PX720601040000 Which flavors have you used in the past 30 more
days? Choose all that apply. show less
N/A
PX720601_30_Days_Ecig_Flavor_Indicator
PX720601030000 In the past 30 days, [were/was] any of the more
[ECIGFILL2]* you used flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets? show less
N/A
PX720601_Ecig_Regular_Brand_Flavor_Choice
PX720601060000 Which flavor [is/was] it? If multiple more
flavors were mixed together, choose all that apply. show less
N/A
PX720601_Ecig_Regular_Brand_Flavor_Indicator
PX720601050000 [Is/was] [your regular brand/the last brand] more
you [use/used] flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets? show less
N/A
PX720601_First_Ecig_Flavor_Choice
PX720601020000 Which flavor did you first start using? If more
multiple flavors were mixed together, choose all that apply. show less
N/A
PX720601_First_Ecig_Flavor_Indicator
PX720601010000 When you first started using e-cigarettes, more
were they flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets? show less
N/A
Tobacco Regulatory Research - Host: Biobehavioral
Measure Name

Flavor Preference - e-cigarettes

Release Date

February 20, 2015

Definition

These questions ask about flavor preference in e-cigarette use in adults and youth.

Purpose

To determine flavor preferences among adults and youth using e-cigarettes.

Keywords

flavor preference - e-cigarettes - adult, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health, PATH, e-cigarettes, smoking preferences, flavor preference, e-cigarette flavors, e-cigarette usage, youth e-cigarette usage, flavor, youth, flavors

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
720601 Flavor Preference - e-cigarettes - Adult
720602 Flavor Preference - e-cigarettes - Youth
Publications

Garcia-Cazarin, M.L., Mandal, R.J., Grana, R., Wanke, K.L., Meissner, H. (2020) Host-agent-vector-environment measures for electronic cigarette research used in NIH grants. Tobacco Control. 2020 January; 29(1). doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054032