For a young, impressionable student, vapes enticing packaging, form, colors and flavors can be a powerful draw, according to the Mayo Clinic
Whole cigarettes (3 cigarettes from 3 different packages of the same variety) were extracted and analyzed in triplicate for the major commercial sensory cooling agents (menthol, WS-3, WS-23, WS-12, Frescolat MGA, Frescolat ML, Frescolat X-cool) by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry following published protocols (Supplementary file) 3
The survey also asked about the maximum amount people would be willing to pay for an eighth (around 3.5 g) and found that while 83% would pay $30, only 57% would still buy at $40
Centro Nazionale per la Prevenzione delle Malattie e la Promozione della Salute e Centro Nazionale Dipendenze e Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanit, Roma, 28 aprile 2023
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