Erika Trapl
Biographic Data
| ID | 6093872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika Trapl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika |
| FAMILY NAME | Trapl |
| SIGNATURE | TRAPL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5021-8505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prevalence of Blunt and Hemp Wrap Use Among Young Adults in the United States, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Blunt and hemp wraps, as a means of consuming cannabis, have emerged into the retail space where the prevalence has been increasing since 2017. There is limited epidemiological research on the prevalence of use of these products across the U.S. particularly among young adults who are at greater risk of tobacco and cannabis use. METHODS: = 1178) captured in May 2022. Respondents participated in an online survey about their use of blu…
Visual attention and recall of flavored cigarillo package elements among young adults
Introduction Flavoring in cigarillos contributes to greater product initiation and abuse liability particularly among young adults. Few studies have examined how packaging elements, including flavor, may draw visual attention from potential consumers as well as impact product recall. This study aimed to test the difference in visual attention to flavor names and other packaging elements on cigarillo products as well as recall of these packaging e…
Cigar-Specific Health Warnings
Understanding the best performing health warnings is a crucial strategy to share accurate information on the risks of tobacco use. Our findings suggest that the warning on cancer risk even without inhaling drew the greatest visual attention and highest rating of perceived effectiveness among this sample of young adult cigarillo users and non-users
The Role of Cigarillo Flavor in the Co-Use of Cigarillos and Cannabis among Young Adults
Background: Research suggests flavor facilitates cigarillo use, but it is unknown if flavor impacts patterns of co-use of cigarillos and cannabis (“co-use”), which is common among young adult smokers. This study’s aim was to determine the role of the cigarillo flavor in co-use among young adults. Methods: Data were collected (2020-2021) in a cross-sectional online survey administered to young adults who smoked ≥2 cigarillos/week (N = 361), recrui…
Backwoods cigars release ‘California Range’ of products with concept flavour names
Dissonance in Young Adult Cigarillo Users’ Categorization of Concept Flavored and Unflavored Products
This study asks young adult cigarillo users to categorize their preferred flavor in order to examine user consensus and potential methodological and regulatory implications of flavor name-based categorization systems. Young adult (21-28 years) cigarillo users ( n = 426) named and categorized their favorite cigarillo flavor into one of seven categories: Fruit, Sweet and Candy, Mint, Alcohol, Menthol, Tobacco, and Other. Flavor responses were coded…
Changes in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Use during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the smoking behaviors of U.S. young adults ages 18-36 regarding little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative sample of young adults between October and November 2020. Respondents who reported using LCCs with tobacco (CAI) and/or with marijuana (CAB) within the past 6 months prior to the survey ( n = 399) were included in the study. Logistic regression ana…
Tobacco Whack-A-Mole
The tobacco use field currently classifies 'tobacco users' based on the product they smoked in the past 30 days. Any tobacco product use beyond the past 30-day period is considered 'discontinued use' and not the focus of intervention or tobacco regulatory science decisions. We documented the substantial proportion of young adult LCC, cigarette, and large cigar users who either exclusively or dual/poly used these combustible products in recent (e.…
Cigarillo Flavor and Motivation to Quit among Co-Users of Cigarillos and Cannabis
Flavored cigar restrictions have the potential to benefit public health. Flavor availability facilitates cigarillo use, but it is unknown if flavor impacts patterns of co-use of cigarillos and cannabis, an increasingly prevalent behavior among young adults. Data were collected (2020-2021) in a cross-sectional online survey administered to a convenience sample of young adults who smoked cigarillos from 15 areas with high cigar use prevalence. We a…
Flavour loyalty may predict cessation or substitution following a cigarillo flavour ban among young adults in the USA
Individuals who display strong flavour preferences were more likely to say they would discontinue use or seek out alternative flavoured products following a ban on flavoured cigarillos
Pulling Your Mask down to Smoke
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in a change in life routines for tobacco users, but little is known about the rationale underlying these changes. Methods: A convenience sample of young adults ages 21–28 (n = 29) were recruited online May–July 2020 to participate in semi-structured interviews about nicotine use behaviors specific to cigarillos and e-cigarettes. Audio-recorded interviews were 60–90 min long and were conducted …
Small Improvements in an Urban Food Environment Resulted in No Changes in Diet Among Residents
Association between school-based tobacco retailer exposures and young adolescent cigarette, cigar and e-cigarette use
Although TRD and TRP were not significantly associated with tobacco product use, youth who reported regularly walking to/from school or who reported stopping at a retail store before/after school were significantly more likely to be a current tobacco product user. This may be due to increased exposure to exterior and point-of-sale marketing
A comparison of methods to measure daily cigarillo consumption among adolescents and young adults
The two measurement methods yield significantly different consumption estimates based on sharing behaviour, regularity of use and use level. Improving accuracy in the measurement of tobacco product consumption is important and timely for tobacco control research and policy
Attitudes and Risk Perceptions toward Smoking among Adolescents who Modify Cigar Products
Findings suggest that CCLC users may think cigars are safer than cigarettes, and that modifiers may think their use is safer and more in line with their parents' views than non-modified CCLCs
Predictors of Farmers’ Market Shopping among People Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Promoting use of farmers’ markets ( FM s) is a promising community‐level strategy to increase access to nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. Yet, FM shopping among people with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) benefits remains low. This research examined predictors of FM shopping among SNAP recipients living within 1 mile of a FM . A cross‐sectional survey of SNAP participants ( N = 270) was conducted in 2015 in Clevel…
Food Melt in Consumer Food Environments in Low-income Urban Neighborhoods
Food melt differentially affects individuals in neighborhoods without grocery stores. Findings reveal composition of food environments is dynamic rather than static, influencing food-purchasing choices among lowincome consumers
Developing multidimensional measures of healthy food access among low-income adults in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Objective Access to nutritious foods is key to achieving health promotion goals. While there is evidence that nutritious food access is complex, measures assessing multiple domains of access, including spatial-temporal, economic, social, service delivery and personal, are lacking. The current study evaluates psychometric properties of scales designed to measure perceptions of multiple domains of nutritious food access among low-income populations…
I just use it for weed”
Little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) use has received increased attention, but research on their modification is limited. Qualitative interviews with 17 young adult African American male LCC users investigated tobacco use behaviors and patterns, including LCC modification. The modification of LCCs for use as blunts emerged as a very prominent aspect of LCC users' tobacco use. Four subthemes regarding marijuana and blunt use are explored in this artic…
User and Content Characteristics of Public Tweets Referencing Little Cigars
Twitter provides a potentially potent source of nuanced information about how young people are using little cigars. These observed characteristics may be useful to inform counter-messaging strategies and interventions
Value of Audio-Enhanced Handheld Computers Over Paper Surveys With Adolescents
Strong benefits may be gained by the use of APDA for adolescent school-based data collection
Taking Be Proud! Be Responsible! to the Suburbs
CONTEXT: An important phase of HIV prevention research is replicating successful interventions with different groups and in different settings. METHODS: Be Proud! Be Responsible!, a successful intervention originally targeting black urban males and carried out in nonschool settings, was presented in health classes at urban and suburban schools with diverse student bodies. A group‐randomized intervention study, which included 1,357 ninth and 10th …
Effectiveness of Abstinence-only Intervention in Middle School Teens
Parental monitoring, negotiated unsupervised time, and parental trust
Taking Be Proud! Be Responsible! to the Suburbs
CONTEXT: An important phase of HIV prevention research is replicating successful interventions with different groups and in different settings. METHODS: Be Proud! Be Responsible!, a successful intervention originally targeting black urban males and carried out in nonschool settings, was presented in health classes at urban and suburban schools with diverse student bodies. A group‐randomized intervention study, which included 1,357 ninth and 10th …
Predictors of Farmers’ Market Shopping among People Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Promoting use of farmers’ markets ( FM s) is a promising community‐level strategy to increase access to nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. Yet, FM shopping among people with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) benefits remains low. This research examined predictors of FM shopping among SNAP recipients living within 1 mile of a FM . A cross‐sectional survey of SNAP participants ( N = 270) was conducted in 2015 in Clevel…
Parental monitoring, negotiated unsupervised time, and parental trust
Effectiveness of Abstinence-only Intervention in Middle School Teens
Taking Be Proud! Be Responsible! to the Suburbs
CONTEXT: An important phase of HIV prevention research is replicating successful interventions with different groups and in different settings. METHODS: Be Proud! Be Responsible!, a successful intervention originally targeting black urban males and carried out in nonschool settings, was presented in health classes at urban and suburban schools with diverse student bodies. A group‐randomized intervention study, which included 1,357 ninth and 10th …
Value of Audio-Enhanced Handheld Computers Over Paper Surveys With Adolescents
Strong benefits may be gained by the use of APDA for adolescent school-based data collection
I just use it for weed”
Little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) use has received increased attention, but research on their modification is limited. Qualitative interviews with 17 young adult African American male LCC users investigated tobacco use behaviors and patterns, including LCC modification. The modification of LCCs for use as blunts emerged as a very prominent aspect of LCC users' tobacco use. Four subthemes regarding marijuana and blunt use are explored in this artic…
User and Content Characteristics of Public Tweets Referencing Little Cigars
Twitter provides a potentially potent source of nuanced information about how young people are using little cigars. These observed characteristics may be useful to inform counter-messaging strategies and interventions
Food Melt in Consumer Food Environments in Low-income Urban Neighborhoods
Food melt differentially affects individuals in neighborhoods without grocery stores. Findings reveal composition of food environments is dynamic rather than static, influencing food-purchasing choices among lowincome consumers
Developing multidimensional measures of healthy food access among low-income adults in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Objective Access to nutritious foods is key to achieving health promotion goals. While there is evidence that nutritious food access is complex, measures assessing multiple domains of access, including spatial-temporal, economic, social, service delivery and personal, are lacking. The current study evaluates psychometric properties of scales designed to measure perceptions of multiple domains of nutritious food access among low-income populations…
Attitudes and Risk Perceptions toward Smoking among Adolescents who Modify Cigar Products
Findings suggest that CCLC users may think cigars are safer than cigarettes, and that modifiers may think their use is safer and more in line with their parents' views than non-modified CCLCs
Predictors of Farmers’ Market Shopping among People Receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
Promoting use of farmers’ markets ( FM s) is a promising community‐level strategy to increase access to nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. Yet, FM shopping among people with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) benefits remains low. This research examined predictors of FM shopping among SNAP recipients living within 1 mile of a FM . A cross‐sectional survey of SNAP participants ( N = 270) was conducted in 2015 in Clevel…
A comparison of methods to measure daily cigarillo consumption among adolescents and young adults
The two measurement methods yield significantly different consumption estimates based on sharing behaviour, regularity of use and use level. Improving accuracy in the measurement of tobacco product consumption is important and timely for tobacco control research and policy
Association between school-based tobacco retailer exposures and young adolescent cigarette, cigar and e-cigarette use
Although TRD and TRP were not significantly associated with tobacco product use, youth who reported regularly walking to/from school or who reported stopping at a retail store before/after school were significantly more likely to be a current tobacco product user. This may be due to increased exposure to exterior and point-of-sale marketing
Pulling Your Mask down to Smoke
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in a change in life routines for tobacco users, but little is known about the rationale underlying these changes. Methods: A convenience sample of young adults ages 21–28 (n = 29) were recruited online May–July 2020 to participate in semi-structured interviews about nicotine use behaviors specific to cigarillos and e-cigarettes. Audio-recorded interviews were 60–90 min long and were conducted …
Small Improvements in an Urban Food Environment Resulted in No Changes in Diet Among Residents
Dissonance in Young Adult Cigarillo Users’ Categorization of Concept Flavored and Unflavored Products
This study asks young adult cigarillo users to categorize their preferred flavor in order to examine user consensus and potential methodological and regulatory implications of flavor name-based categorization systems. Young adult (21-28 years) cigarillo users ( n = 426) named and categorized their favorite cigarillo flavor into one of seven categories: Fruit, Sweet and Candy, Mint, Alcohol, Menthol, Tobacco, and Other. Flavor responses were coded…
Changes in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Use during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We examined the smoking behaviors of U.S. young adults ages 18-36 regarding little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative sample of young adults between October and November 2020. Respondents who reported using LCCs with tobacco (CAI) and/or with marijuana (CAB) within the past 6 months prior to the survey ( n = 399) were included in the study. Logistic regression ana…
Tobacco Whack-A-Mole
The tobacco use field currently classifies 'tobacco users' based on the product they smoked in the past 30 days. Any tobacco product use beyond the past 30-day period is considered 'discontinued use' and not the focus of intervention or tobacco regulatory science decisions. We documented the substantial proportion of young adult LCC, cigarette, and large cigar users who either exclusively or dual/poly used these combustible products in recent (e.…
Cigarillo Flavor and Motivation to Quit among Co-Users of Cigarillos and Cannabis
Flavored cigar restrictions have the potential to benefit public health. Flavor availability facilitates cigarillo use, but it is unknown if flavor impacts patterns of co-use of cigarillos and cannabis, an increasingly prevalent behavior among young adults. Data were collected (2020-2021) in a cross-sectional online survey administered to a convenience sample of young adults who smoked cigarillos from 15 areas with high cigar use prevalence. We a…
Flavour loyalty may predict cessation or substitution following a cigarillo flavour ban among young adults in the USA
Individuals who display strong flavour preferences were more likely to say they would discontinue use or seek out alternative flavoured products following a ban on flavoured cigarillos
The Role of Cigarillo Flavor in the Co-Use of Cigarillos and Cannabis among Young Adults
Background: Research suggests flavor facilitates cigarillo use, but it is unknown if flavor impacts patterns of co-use of cigarillos and cannabis (“co-use”), which is common among young adult smokers. This study’s aim was to determine the role of the cigarillo flavor in co-use among young adults. Methods: Data were collected (2020-2021) in a cross-sectional online survey administered to young adults who smoked ≥2 cigarillos/week (N = 361), recrui…
Backwoods cigars release ‘California Range’ of products with concept flavour names
Visual attention and recall of flavored cigarillo package elements among young adults
Introduction Flavoring in cigarillos contributes to greater product initiation and abuse liability particularly among young adults. Few studies have examined how packaging elements, including flavor, may draw visual attention from potential consumers as well as impact product recall. This study aimed to test the difference in visual attention to flavor names and other packaging elements on cigarillo products as well as recall of these packaging e…
Cigar-Specific Health Warnings
Understanding the best performing health warnings is a crucial strategy to share accurate information on the risks of tobacco use. Our findings suggest that the warning on cancer risk even without inhaling drew the greatest visual attention and highest rating of perceived effectiveness among this sample of young adult cigarillo users and non-users
Prevalence of Blunt and Hemp Wrap Use Among Young Adults in the United States, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Blunt and hemp wraps, as a means of consuming cannabis, have emerged into the retail space where the prevalence has been increasing since 2017. There is limited epidemiological research on the prevalence of use of these products across the U.S. particularly among young adults who are at greater risk of tobacco and cannabis use. METHODS: = 1178) captured in May 2022. Respondents participated in an online survey about their use of blu…
Medicine (22 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (11 works) · Business (8 works) · Demography (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works)