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  • Behavioral Science
  • Addiction Research
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Existing e-cigarette dependence scales often rely on retrospective data.
  • Most adult e-cigarette users are dual users of combustible cigarettes.
  • Product-specific dependence measurement is crucial for accurate assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate e-cigarette dependence scales using dynamic use patterns.
  • To examine the link between dynamic smoking patterns and e-cigarette dependence in dual users.
  • To introduce novel indices for assessing dynamic vaping behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary analysis of 2-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data from 116 dual users.
  • Utilized Smoothly Clipped Absolute Deviation (SCAD) penalty for index selection.
  • Estimated associations between dynamic consumption/craving patterns and dependence scales.

Main Results:

  • Higher e-cigarette dependence linked to increased consumption, craving, and stable vaping patterns.
  • Lower e-cigarette dependence associated with greater day-to-day changes in combustible cigarette use.
  • E-cigarette dependence scales may reflect average consumption but not consumption instability.

Conclusions:

  • Stable e-cigarette use patterns are associated with higher dependence, mirroring findings in combustible cigarette use.
  • Current e-cigarette dependence scales may not fully capture product-specific consumption instability.
  • Validated three e-cigarette dependence measures (PS-ECDI, e-FTCD, e-WISDM) using dynamic EMA data.