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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health

Sec. Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions

Correction: E-cigarette puff topography instruction to enhance switching among COPD patients who smoke

Provisionally accepted
Eleanor  L. S. LeavensEleanor L. S. Leavens1*Theodore  L. WagenerTheodore L. Wagener2Leah  LambartLeah Lambart1Matthew  S. MayoMatthew S. Mayo3Lexie  BrownLexie Brown3Edward  EllerbeckEdward Ellerbeck1Sandra  A BillingerSandra A Billinger3Branden  ComfortBranden Comfort3Jennifer  WoodwardJennifer Woodward3Brent  SearBrent Sear3Spencer  BeamanSpencer Beaman3Lisa  Sanderson CoxLisa Sanderson Cox1Nicole  L. NollenNicole L. Nollen1
  • 1School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, United States
  • 2The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
  • 3The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, United States

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When the original text contained incorrect information, to preserve the scientific record, please include that text when editing the below templates. For example:There was a mistake in the Funding statement, an incorrect number was used.The correct number is "2015C03Bd051.". The publisher apologizes for this mistake.The original version of this article has been updated. There was a mistake in table 1 as published. The data on cigarette dependence is incorrect. The corrected table 1 appears below. Note. *One participant missing all baseline demographic information. CPD = cigarettes per day. 1 Two participants marked "some other race, ethnicity, or origin". One participant preferred not to say.The original version of this article has been updated. Adding/removing textThe measure of cigarette dependence was listed incorrectly within the methods section. A correction has been made to the section [Methods, Measures, Baseline smoking characteristics]: "Baseline smoking characteristics. Baseline smoking history included cigarettes per day, cigarette dependence 24 , menthol use, and number of past year quit attempts."The original version of this article has been updated.The data associated with baseline cigarette dependence was incorrect. A correction has been made to the section [Results, Baseline smoking characteristics]: "Baseline smoking characteristics. Participants reported smoking an average of 18.9 cigarettes per day (SD = 10.5) and showed significant symptoms of dependence (M = 57.2; SD = 13.7); 31.1% (n = 14) reported menthol use. At baseline, 48.9% (n = 22) participants reported a past year 24-hour quit attempt. Among those, participants reported an average of 2.8 (SD = 2.5) attempts. Baseline smoking characteristics by study condition are included in Table 1."The original version of this article has been updated.

Keywords: Smoking, COPD, Tobacco harm reduction, topography, e-Cigarette

Received: 07 Oct 2025; Accepted: 03 Nov 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Leavens, Wagener, Lambart, Mayo, Brown, Ellerbeck, Billinger, Comfort, Woodward, Sear, Beaman, Sanderson Cox and Nollen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Eleanor L. S. Leavens, eleavens@kumc.edu

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