TY - JOUR T1 - Changes in product labelling practices and the use of flavouring chemical additives in vaping products after enactment of statewide flavour legislation JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - s223 LP - s229 DO - 10.1136/tc-2022-057469 VL - 31 IS - Suppl 3 AU - Michelle K Page AU - Ashleigh C Block AU - Angel L Santiago AU - Noel J Leigh AU - Lisa M Kaiser AU - Connor D Martin AU - Bradley E Schurr AU - Richard J O'Connor AU - Maciej L Goniewicz Y1 - 2022/11/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/31/Suppl_3/s223.abstract N2 - Introduction On 18 May 2020, New York State enacted legislation banning the sale of vaping products with distinguishable flavours (other than tobacco). According to this new statute, vaping products are deemed flavoured if they include a statement, whether expressed or implied, that have distinguishable tastes or aromas other than tobacco. This study aimed to determine how manufacturers responded.Methods We collected 555 vaping products from daily vapers (238 preban and 317 postban). We compared preban and postban labelling of products for expressed and implied flavour descriptions, graphics and colours. Flavouring chemicals and concentrations were identified using chromatography methods and were compared preban and postban.Results Analysis of the labels preban and postban did not reveal a change in products with expressed flavoured descriptors (45.8% vs 44.2%) and a minimal decrease in implied descriptors (22.3% vs 14.5%). An increase in products without any descriptors was observed (28.2% vs 37.2%) notably within products from a popular pod brand. The average concentration of eight popular flavourings identified preban was 1.4±2.7 compared with 2.3±3.5 mg/mL (p<0.001) postban. No significant changes between individual flavouring concentrations in the most popular refill solutions and pods were found.Conclusion While a majority of products appeared to remain non-compliant, this study suggests that enactment of legislation on vaping products making expressed or implied flavour claims may result in some manufacturer changes to product labelling including removal of flavour descriptors. However, use of flavouring additives in vaping products appeared not to be impacted by the ban.Data are available on reasonable request. Data are available on reasonable request. Data contain vaping product information including brands and flavours collected from deidentified participants. Product images, flavouring chemical identities and concentrations are available on request. ER -