About the Authors

Baojiang Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Kymberle L. Sterling

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Meagan A. Bluestein

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Arnold E. Kuk

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Melissa B. Harrell

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Cheryl L. Perry

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Adriana Pérez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

adriana.perez@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose except Dr. Harrell is a consultant in litigation involving the vaping industry. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.