Spree Bar, a vaping system delivering a synthetic nicotine analogue, marketed in the USA as 'PMTA exempt'

Sven Eric Jordt^{1

2}, Sairam V Jabba^{3

2}, Patricia J Zettler^{4

5}, Micah L Berman^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA sven.jordt@duke.edu.
² Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
⁵ The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Sven Eric Jordt et al. Tob Control. 2025.

. 2025 May 15;34(3):414-418.

doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058469.

Sven Eric Jordt^{1

2}, Sairam V Jabba^{3

2}, Patricia J Zettler^{4

5}, Micah L Berman^{4

5}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA sven.jordt@duke.edu.
² Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
⁵ The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; Illegal tobacco products; Nicotine; Non-cigarette tobacco products; Tobacco industry.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: No, there are no competing interests.

An electronic cigarette pod system delivering 6-methyl nicotine, a synthetic nicotine analog, marketed in the United States as "PMTA exempt".
Jordt SE, Jabba SV, Silinski P, Berman ML. Jordt SE, et al. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Nov 22:2023.11.21.23298778. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.21.23298778. medRxiv. 2023. Update in: Tob Control. 2025 May 15;34(3):414-418. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058469. PMID: 38045384 Free PMC article. Updated. Preprint.

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