Abbreviations
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Common Abbreviations
A
- ACE
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- ACM
- aerosol collected mass
- AD
- Alzheimer's Disease
- ADD
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADNFLE
- autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
- AE
- Adverse Effect
- AIDS
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- ANTZ
- Anti Nicotine (and) Tobacco Zealots
- APM
- Advanced Progressive Matrices / Raven's Progressive Matrices
- ASD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ATHRA
- Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association
- ATTY
- Atomiser / Atomization
B
- BD
- Behçet’s disease
- BoE
- biomarkers of exposure
C
- CASAA
- Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives
- CC
- Combustible Cigarette
- CD
- Crohn's disease
- CFs
- commercial flavoured e-liquids
- CoEHAR
- Center of Excellence for the acceleration of HArm Reduction
- CSC
- cigarette smoke condensate
D
- DT
- decision time
E
- EAE
- Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
- EC
- Electronic Cigarette, E-Cigarette, E-Cig, ecig, ENDS, EVP
- ENDS
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (EC, EVP)
- EVALI
- e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury
- EVP
- Electronic Vapor Products (EC, END)
F
- fMRI
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- FSL
- Flinders Sensitive Line
- FTND
- Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
H
- HAM-D
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
- HIV
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- HnB
- Heat not Burn (HTP)
- HPHC
- Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents
- HTP
- Heated Tobacco Product (HnB)
I
- INNCO
- International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations
- iNOS
- inducible nitric oxide synthase
- IQ
- Intelligence Quotient
L
M
- MAPK
- Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MCI
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- MDD
- Major Depressive Disorder
- MS
- Multiple sclerosis
N
- nAChR
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
- NCSCT
- National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
- NNAL
- (4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol)
- NP
- Nicotine Patch (see TNP)
- NVP
- Nicotine Vaping Product (displacing "ENDS" in newer studies)
O
P
- PD
- Parkinson's Disease
- PH
- Public Health
R
S
- SCI
- Spinal Cord Injury
T
- TC
- Tobacco Cigarette
- TC
- Tobacco Control
- TD
- Tourette's Disorder (See Tourette Syndrome)
- THR
- Tobacco Harm Reduction
- TLV
- Threshold Limit Values
- TNP
- transdermal nicotine patch
- TS
- Tourette's syndrome
U
V
- VAPI
- Vaping-associated pulmonary injury
- VOC
- Volatile organic compound
- VLN
- Very Low Nicotine (VLNC Very Low Nicotine Cigarette)
Y
Common acronyms
- AFK - Away From Keyboard
- BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
- BBL - Be Back Later
- BBS - Be Back Soon
- BEG - Big Evil Grin
- BRB - Be Right Back
- BTW - By The Way
- EG - Evil Grin
- FISH - First In, Still Here
- IDK - I Don't Know
- IMO - In My Opinion
- IRL - In Real Life
- KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid
- LMK - Let Me Know
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud
- NYOB - None of Your Business
- OFC - Of Course
- OMG - Oh My God
- PANS - Pretty Awesome New Stuff
- PHAT - Pretty, Hot, And Tempting
- POS - Parents Over Shoulder
- ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
- SMH - Shaking My Head
- TTYL - Talk To You Later
- YOLO - You Only Live Once
- WTH - What The Heck