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Electronic cigarettes (ECIGs) are battery-powered devices that heat and vaporize solutions containing propylene glycol (PG) and/or vegetable glycerin (VG), nicotine and possible trace flavorants to produce an inhalable aerosol. The heating process can lead to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are linked to various oxidative damage-initiated diseases. Several studies in the literature have addressed ROS emissions in ECIG aerosols, but the effects of power, ECIG device design and liquid composition on ROS are relatively unknown. In addition, ROS emissions have not been examined in the emerging high power, sub-Ohm device (SOD) category. In this study, an acellular 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) probe technique was optimized to measure ROS in ECIG aerosols. The technique was deployed to measure ROS emissions in SOD and supra-Ohm ECIGs while varying power, heater coil head design and liquid composition (PG/VG ratio and nicotine concentration). Liquids were made from analytical standards of PG, VG and nicotine and contained no flavorants. At high powers, ROS emissions in ECIGs and combustible cigarettes were similar. Across device designs, ROS emissions were uncorrelated with power (R2 = 0.261) but were highly correlated with power per unit area (R2 = 0.78). It was noticed that an increase in the VG percentage in the liquid yielded higher ROS flux, and nicotine did not affect ROS emissions. ROS emissions are a function of device design and liquid composition at a given power. For a given liquid composition, a promising metric for predicting ROS emissions across device designs and operating conditions is power per unit area of the heating coil. Importantly, ROS formation is significant even when the ECIG liquid consists of pure analytical solutions of PG and VG; it can therefore be viewed as intrinsic to ECIG operation and not solely a by-product of particular flavorants, contaminants or additives.

Reactive Oxygen Species Emissions from Supra- and Sub-Ohm Electronic Cigarettes