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ADULTS

You are eligible to participate if you fall into one of the following 4 categories:

You do not smoke or use vaping products* 

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  • Less than 100 lifetime cigarettes

  • Never used vaping products

You only smoke cigarettes 

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  • At least 100 lifetime cigarettes

  • Now smoking every day or some days

  • Never used vaping products

You only use vaping products*

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  • Less than 100 lifetime cigarettes

  • Now using vaping products every day or some days

You use vaping products* and smoke cigarettes

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  • Now using vaping products every day or some days

  • Now smoking every day or some days

  • At least 100 lifetime cigarettes

*Vaping Products = vapes, vape pens, e-cigarettes, vaporizers.
This includes vaping any substances (nicotine, cannabis, CBD, or other types).

To participate in this study, we anticipate that you will need to allocate about 10 hours of time. 

You will be financially compensated for your time at $30 per hour.

Visit 1
(Baseline)

Visit 1 involves the following procedures and is expected to take approximately 3-4 hours:
 

  • Questionnaires

  • Pulmonary Function Tests

  • Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test

  • Blood Sample Collection 

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​OPTIONAL PROCEDURES

  • Pulmonary MRI (only available at certain sites)

  • Bronchoscopy (only available at certain sites)

Visit 2
(18 Months Later)

Visit 2 involves the following procedures and is expected to take approximately 1.5-2 hours:
 

  • Questionnaires

  • Pulmonary Function Tests

Visit 3
(36 Months Later)

Visit 3 involves the following procedures and is expected to take approximately 3-4 hours:
 

  • Questionnaires

  • Pulmonary Function Tests

  • Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test

  • Blood Sample Collection 

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​OPTIONAL PROCEDURES

  • Pulmonary MRI (only available at certain sites)

  • Bronchoscopy (only available at certain sites)

Lung Symptom Survey (Every 3 Months)

You will be contacted every 3 months following Visit 1 by email or phone to answer 4 questions about your respiratory symptoms (approximately 5 minutes). 

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