Eleanor L. S. Leavens1,2*
Theodore L. Wagener3,4
Leah Lambart1,2Matthew S. Mayo2,5Lexie Brown2,5
Edward F. Ellerbeck1,2
Sandra A. Billinger6Branden Comfort7Jennifer Woodward8Brent Sear9Spencer Beaman9Lisa Sanderson Cox1,2Nicole L. Nollen1,2- 1Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 2University of Kansas Comprehensive Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
- 4The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, United States
- 5Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 6Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General and Hospital Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 8Department of Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
- 9Clinical Pharmacology Shared Resource, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, United States
A Correction on
E-cigarette puff topography instruction to enhance switching among COPD patients who smoke
by Leavens, E. L. S., Wagener, T. L., Lambart, L., Mayo, M. S., Brown, L., Ellerbeck, E. F., Billinger, S. A., Comfort, B., Woodward, J., Sear, B., Beaman, S., Cox, L. S., and Nollen, N. L. (2025). Front. Public Health 13:1664400. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664400
There was a mistake in Table 1 as published. The data on cigarette dependence is incorrect. The corrected Table 1 appears below.
Table 1. Baseline characteristics by study arm.
The measure of cigarette dependence was listed incorrectly within the Methods Section. A correction has been made to the section Methods, Measures, Baseline smoking characteristics.
The sentence previously read:
“Baseline smoking characteristics: Baseline smoking history included cigarettes per day, and cigarette dependence was measured via the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (24), menthol use, and the number of past-year quit attempts.”
The corrected sentence reads: “Baseline smoking characteristics. Baseline smoking history included cigarettes per day, cigarette dependence (24), menthol use, and number of past year quit attempts.”
The data associated with baseline cigarette dependence was incorrect. A correction has been made to Section Results, Baseline smoking characteristics.
The paragraph previously read:
“Baseline smoking characteristics: Participants reported smoking an average of 18.9 cigarettes per day (SD = 10.5) and had low-to-moderate cigarette dependence (M = 3.8; SD = 0.9); 31.1% (n = 14) reported menthol use. At baseline, 48.9% (n = 22) of participants reported a past-year 24-h 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 corrected paragraph reads:
“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-h 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.”
Citation number 24, corresponding to the measure of cigarette dependence, is incorrect. A correction has been made to the References. The correct reference details appear below:
“Strong DR, Pearson J, Ehlke S, Kirchner T, Abrams D, Tyalor K, et al. Indicators of dependence for different types of tobacco product users: descriptive findings from Wave 1 (2013–2014) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Drug Alcoh Depend. (2017) 178:257–66. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.010.”
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Keywords: smoking, COPD, tobacco harm reduction, topography, e-cigarette
Citation: Leavens ELS, Wagener TL, Lambart L, Mayo MS, Brown L, Ellerbeck EF, Billinger SA, Comfort B, Woodward J, Sear B, Beaman S, Cox LS and Nollen NL (2025) Correction: E-cigarette puff topography instruction to enhance switching among COPD patients who smoke. Front. Public Health 13:1720297. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1720297
Received: 07 October 2025; Accepted: 03 November 2025;
Published: 17 November 2025.
Edited and reviewed by: Marc N. Potenza, Yale University, United States
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