E-cigarette palatability in smokers as a function of flavorings, nicotine content and propylthiouracil (PROP) taster phenotype

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 91, Issue , 2019, Pages 37-44

  Mead, Erin L ^a   Duffy, Valerie ^b   Oncken, Cheryl ^a   Litt, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarettes; Flavoring agents; Nicotine; Sex factors; Smokers; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; NICOTINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; FLAVORING AGENT; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHERRY; CHOCOLATE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PHENOTYPE; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; E-CIGARETTE VAPOR; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHENOTYPE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TASTE PERCEPTION; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056896436     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.014     Document Type: Article

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