Meghan Morean
Yale University, CT·Public Health & Epidemiology
E-cigarettes can help adults who smoke switch to a less harmful product, but they also attract young people who have never smoked. Clear information about how much nicotine a product delivers matters to both groups.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Psychology
Mathematics & Statistics
- Topics
electronic nicotine delivery systems
e-cigarettes
vaping
- Grants
- 2 known grants, through Aug 2028
What they work on
- Refine an ENDS nicotine concentration label so its strength categories are anchored to cigarette nicotine content, using expert feedback and focus groups.
- Develop nicotine flux labels, showing the rate of nicotine emission, for closed-system e-cigarettes such as JUUL and Vuse, using qualitative methods to identify key label features.
- Survey 2,000 youth and adults to compare new concentration and flux labels with the current mg/mL label on understanding of nicotine strength, perceived addictiveness, and intentions to use these products.
- Develop and disseminate new psychometrically sound self-report measures and statistical approaches for tobacco regulatory science, and train researchers in using PATH Study data.
More about the research
So does careful measurement of tobacco-related behavior. This work develops better ways to communicate and measure tobacco product use, with the aim of informing regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Why it matters
Clearer e-cigarette nicotine labels could help adults who smoke choose a product strong enough to switch completely, and could discourage youth from starting or from using high-nicotine products. The project could give the FDA a better alternative to current labels. Validated measures and statistical methods may also improve the evidence behind tobacco regulation.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Rafael Meza
University of Michigan, MI·Public Health & Epidemiology
Characterize patterns of cigarette, cigar and electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use across US population groups defined by sex, age and education level.
Elias Klemperer
University of Vermont, VT·Public Health & Epidemiology
Test whether very low nicotine content cigarettes reduce cigarettes smoked per day and cigarette dependence among adult dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, in a 12-week double-blind randomized trial.
Scott Weaver
Georgia State University, GA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Examine how electronic nicotine delivery system characteristics — device type and design, flavors, and ability to relieve cravings — influence smokers' decisions to start, dual-use or fully substitute, using focus groups with 120 adult smokers.
The school
Yale University: 73 labs on PI Pages, $1.5B a year on research, 438 research doctorates a year.
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