title: Vaping to lose weight: Predictors of adult e-cigarette use for weight loss or control.
abstract: Some traditional cigarette smokers are motivated to smoke to lose weight or control their weight. The current study evaluated whether a subset of adult e-cigarette users reported vaping to lose or control their weight and examined potential predictors of vaping for weight management.
  
  
  
  Adult e-cigarette users (n=459) who reported wanting to lose weight or maintain their weight completed an anonymous online survey. Participants reported on demographics, vaping frequency, e-cigarette nicotine content, cigarette smoking status, preferred e-cigarette/e-liquid flavors, current weight status (i.e., overweight, underweight), use of dieting strategies associated with anorexia and bulimia, lifetime history of binge eating, self-discipline, and impulse control. Binary logistic regression was used to examine whether vaping for weight loss/control was associated with the aforementioned variables.
  
  
  
  Participants who reported vaping for weight loss/control (13.5%) were more likely to vape frequently (adjOR=1.15; 95% CI [1.00, 1.31]); be overweight (adjOR=2.80; [1.33, 5.90]); restrict calories (adjOR=2.23; [1.13, 4.42]); have poor impulse control (adjOR=0.59; [0.41, 0.86]); and prefer coffee- (adjOR=2.92; [1.47, 5.80]) or vanilla-flavored e-liquid (adjOR=7.44; [1.56, 36.08]).
  
  
  
  A subset of adult e-cigarette users reported vaping for weight loss/control, raising concerns about expanded, scientifically unsubstantiated uses of e-cigarettes. Identifying where individuals obtain information about vaping for weight loss (e.g., e-cigarette ads, Internet) and whether weight-related motives promote e-cigarette initiation among e-cigarette naïve individuals is important to informing regulatory efforts. Further research also is needed to better understand the link between e-liquid flavors and weight loss motivations.
authors.affiliation: Oberlin College, Department of Psychology, 120 West Lorain Street Oberlin, OH 44074, USA; Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 34 Park St. New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: meghan.morean@oberlin.edu.
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Morean
authors.affiliation: Oberlin College, Department of Psychology, 120 West Lorain Street Oberlin, OH 44074, USA. Electronic address: Amelia.Wedel@oberlin.edu.
authors.forename: Amelia V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Wedel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D000073865:Cigarette Smoking; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005421:Flavoring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology; D000072137:Vaping; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005421:Flavoring Agents
keywords: E-cigarettes; Eating disorder; Electronic cigarettes; Vaping; Weight; Weight loss