Rattapol Phandthog is a postdoctoral researcher at UCR who recently took part in a research paper as the first author, studying the connection between vaping and the virus that spreads COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. Rattapol and his advisor Prue Talbot came to the conclusion that, "users who vape aerosols produced from propylene glycol/vegetable glycerin or e-liquids with a neutral to basic pH are more likely to be infected by the virus". Their study only consisted of two different e-cigarettes, however the same conclusion was found in both cases. Making this a worthy case to be possibly used by the Food and Drug Administration and in hopes to produce new findings and implementing regulation laws regarding this study in the future.