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iking of e-liquid odors: a comparison between (potential) user groups

Completed
Conditions
perceptie
attractiveness
liking
Registration Number
NL-OMON49593
Lead Sponsor
Wageningen Universiteit
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
216
Inclusion Criteria

- Adult cigarette smoker (aged 20-55), young adult non-smoker (aged 20-25), or
youth non-smoker (aged 16-18) (for definitions, see C1 Onderzoeksprotocol)
- Be aware of e-cigarettes
- Good proficiency of the Dutch language
- Generally healthy (self-report)

Exclusion Criteria

- For women: lactating or being pregnant
- Having olfactory deficiencies (self-report)
- Being a regular e-cigarette user (daily, weekly, or monthly)
- Be employed by the Division of Human Nutrition and Health of Wageningen
University or doing an MSc internship/writing a thesis at the Sensory Science
and Eating Behavior chair group within the Division of Human Nutrition and
Health of Wageningen University
- Participation in another medical-scientific study (except for EetMeetWeet)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Differences in liking of the individual e-liquid odors between the study<br /><br>groups.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>The secondary study parameters are:<br /><br>* Differences in intensity, familiarity, irritation, sweetness, and bitterness<br /><br>of e-liquid odors between adult smokers, young adult non-smokers, and youth<br /><br>non-smokers.<br /><br>* Additional effects of gender and e-cigarette susceptibility on odor<br /><br>evaluation<br /><br>* Correlation coefficients between liking, intensity, familiarity, irritation,<br /><br>sweetness, and bitterness<br /><br>* Descriptive analysis of smoking and vaping history</p><br>
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