Cardiovascular Toxicology - Call for Papers: A Means to an ENDS: The Uncertainty of ENDS Use and Cardiovascular Disease From Human Research to Basic Science Mechanisms

Guest Editors:

Leading Guest Editor: Dr. I.M. Olfert, West Virginia University

Guest Editor: Dr. F. Khasawneh, Texas A&M University

Call For Manuscript Submissions:

After almost 2 decades of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS; including electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn (HNB), and electronic hookah products) presence in the world marketplace, uncertainty persists regarding the long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) consequences of ENDS use. In order to address this gap in knowledge regarding the cardiovascular disease risk of ENDS use or of exposures to ENDS-derived aerosols, we are posting a ‘call for papers’ in a special issue of Cardiovascular Toxicology. This issue is dedicated to being a showcase of the emerging data on this critical issue. We desire to minimize the time between the emergence of CVD risk (e.g., of ENDS use) and the administration of well-founded regulatory policy by providing a resource of the best current basic and applied ENDS research. Given the history of the damaging effects of conventional cigarette smoking on the human cardiovascular system  -- there is an urgent need to reveal cardiovascular toxicities of ENDS.

For this we invite all varieties of research papers on ENDS effects from basic science projects to human studies covering all endpoints related to CVD outcomes including thrombosis, vascular dysfunction, and cardiac arrythmias in cell and animal studies to human panel, cross-sectional and prospective studies. As emerging data has developed on the effects of in utero and pre-pregnancy exposures on fetal outcomes, and revealed transplacental effects, we encourage research in this area as well – again, both from animal and human studies.

Submission deadline:

31 December 2024

Our Guest Editors for this special issue, Drs. F. Khasawneh, Texas A&M University, and I.M. Olfert, West Virginia University, are poised to handle submissions beginning April 1, 2024 with a closing date of 12/31/2024. Please adhere to the submission guidelines of CATO, and if you have questions, please contact Daniel J. Conklin, Ph.D., Editor, Cardiovascular Toxicology (dj.conklin@louisville.edu).