Disposal practices of cigarettes and electronic nicotine products among adults, findings from Wave 6 (2021) of the PATH Study

Eva Sharma; Johanna Dubsky; Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales; Michael Halenar; Adam F. Benson; Alexander Maki; Andrea L. Ruybal; Aura Lee Morse; Michael D. Sawdey; Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick; Silvana Skara; Susana Addo Ntim; Hoshing W. Chang; Ther W. Aung; Heather L. Kimmel; Jennifer L. Pearson; Maansi Bansal-Travers; Kristie A. Taylor; Andrew Hyland; Thomas E. Novotny

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0338007

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Disposal practices of cigarettes and electronic nicotine products among adults, findings from Wave 6 (2021) of the PATH Study

Eva Sharma ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: evasharma@westat.com

Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-508X

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Johanna Dubsky ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael Halenar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Adam F. Benson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Alexander Maki ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-3511

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Andrea L. Ruybal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2610-090X

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Aura Lee Morse ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9707-4433

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Michael D. Sawdey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Silvana Skara ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Susana Addo Ntim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6432-0642

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Hoshing W. Chang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Tobacco Products, United States Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Ther W. Aung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Heather L. Kimmel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8278-0095

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Jennifer L. Pearson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Behavior, Policy, and Administration Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Nevada -- Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Maansi Bansal-Travers ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Kristie A. Taylor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Andrew Hyland ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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Thomas E. Novotny

Contributed equally to this work with: Johanna Dubsky, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Michael Halenar, Adam F. Benson, Alexander Maki, Andrea L. Ruybal, Aura Lee Morse, Michael D. Sawdey, Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick, Silvana Skara, Susana Addo Ntim, Hoshing W. Chang, Ther W. Aung, Heather L. Kimmel, Jennifer L. Pearson, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Kristie A. Taylor, Andrew Hyland, Thomas E. Novotny

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9235-0582

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Disposal practices of cigarettes and electronic nicotine products among adults, findings from Wave 6 (2021) of the PATH Study

Eva Sharma,
Johanna Dubsky,
Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales,
Michael Halenar,
Adam F. Benson,
Alexander Maki,
Andrea L. Ruybal,
Aura Lee Morse,
Michael D. Sawdey,
Rudaina Alrefai-Kirkpatrick

Published: December 9, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338007

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