Cole, Adam G.
Fairs, Lucas R. W.
Barakat, Caroline
Mantey, Dale
Bianco, Marcella
Philipneri, Anne
Degano, Celina
Leatherdale, Scott T.
Kelder, Steven H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT-195799)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2026
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board at Ontario Tech University (file #18093) on February 12, 2025. This study will be conducted in accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2) and the ethical principles in the Declaration of Helsinki. All parents/guardians will provide consent for their students to participate in the study and students will provide their own assent.
: Not applicable.
: S.H.K. created the CATCH Global Foundation in 2014, but has relinquished his intellectual property rights to UTHealth and receives no remuneration from the CATCH Global Foundation. S.H.K. and D.M. are paid consultants in litigation against the vaping industry. There are no other competing interests to declare.