Seth Noar, PhD, received the grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to lead a national study to develop and test messages that discourage adolescents from using electronic cigarettes.

An analysis of multiple studies found substances with a strong link to bladder cancer in the urine of e-cigarette and tobacco users.

UNC Lineberger members have led e-cigarette research on the potential long-term health effects of vaping and seek effective ways to communicate these risks.

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found in a review of research that non-menthol flavors attract youth and adults to use e-cigarettes and the use of flavored e-cigarettes contributes to multiple pathways linked to higher e-cigarette use among youth.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published the third most number of scientific publications about electronic cigarettes between 2003-2018, according to a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The paper also cited UNC Lineberger’s Kurt Ribisl, PhD, as one of the most prolific e-cigarette scientists.

UNC Lineberger’s Seth Noar, PhD, and colleagues found that the majority of teenagers they surveyed knew about many of the health risks of e-cigarettes, but it had no influence on whether they had used e-cigarettes. However, they determined beliefs about addiction were a key discriminating factor among those who had and had not used e-cigarettes.

Two studies led by UNC Lineberger’s Rebecca Williams, MHS, PhD, reveal trends in the marketing practices, pricing, delivery methods and other features of online e-cigarette vendors.

UNC Lineberger researcher Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH, and UNC Department of Family Medicine researcher Clare Meernik, MPH, write in a commentary published in the Annals of Family Medicine that existing treatments are more effective than e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking, there are professional ethics concerns about providers who recommend them and there is no strong evidence that e-cigarettes are safe.