Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 22;18(13):6719. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136719.
Vaping products containing cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabis-derived compound used in wellness products and available in all 50 US states, were recently implicated in outbreaks of poisonings. Little is known about the commercial availability of CBD products in vape shops (i.e., stores that sell e-cigarettes). To document the availability and marketing of CBD products in online vape shops, in June 2020, we used the Google Chrome browser without cached data to collect the first two pages of search results generated by five Google queries ( = 100 search results) indicative of shopping for vaping products (e.g., "order vapes"). We then determined whether and what type of CBD products could be mail-ordered from the returned websites, and whether any explicit health claims were made about CBD. Over a third of the search results ( = 37; 37.0%) directed to vape shops that allowed visitors to also mail-order CBD. These shops sold 12 distinct categories of CBD products-some with direct analogs of tobacco or cannabis products including CBD cigarettes, edibles, flowers, pre-rolled joints, and vapes. Two vape shops made explicit health claims of the therapeutic benefits of CBD use, including in the treatment of anxiety, inflammation, pain, and stress. The abundance and placement of CBD in online vape shops suggests a growing demand and appeal for CBD products among e-cigarette users. Additional surveillance on the epidemiology of CBD use and its co-use with tobacco is warranted.
含有大麻二酚 (CBD) 的蒸气产品最近被牵连到中毒事件爆发中，CBD 是一种从大麻中提取的化合物，用于保健产品，在美国 50 个州都有销售。蒸气店（即销售电子烟的商店）中 CBD 产品的商业供应情况知之甚少。为了记录在线蒸气店中 CBD 产品的供应和营销情况，我们于 2020 年 6 月使用 Google Chrome 浏览器（无缓存数据），收集了五个 Google 查询生成的搜索结果的前两页（共 100 个搜索结果），这些查询表明了购买蒸气产品的意图（例如，“订购蒸气产品”）。然后，我们确定是否可以从返回的网站邮购到 CBD 产品，以及是否对 CBD 做出任何明确的健康声明。超过三分之一的搜索结果（=37；37.0%）指向允许访客同时邮购 CBD 的蒸气店。这些商店出售 12 种不同类别的 CBD 产品，其中一些产品与烟草或大麻产品具有直接类似物，包括 CBD 香烟、可食用产品、鲜花、预卷的烟卷和蒸气产品。有两家蒸气店明确声称 CBD 使用具有治疗益处，包括治疗焦虑、炎症、疼痛和压力。在线蒸气店中 CBD 的丰富程度和位置表明，电子烟用户对 CBD 产品的需求和吸引力日益增加。有必要对 CBD 使用的流行病学及其与烟草的共同使用进行额外监测。
