The primary aim of this study is to determine menthol smokers' perception, product preference, and pattern of use across six products including, mint-flavored nicotine gum; non-flavored nicotine gum; mentholated nicotine inhaler; and non-menthol nicotine inhaler. Participants will undergo an orientation and baseline assessment followed by a 2-week product sampling phase. At the end of the 2 weeks of sampling, subjects will select a product to use during the following 2-week smoking cessation phase. This 2-week abstinence phase is followed by one week of abrupt withdrawal of the product. This study design was successfully used in a study we conducted that examined the smokers' preference for a variety or oral tobacco products.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Product preference for nicotine replacement
To determine menthol smokers' product perception and preference across 6 different types of products with varying mint content.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Nicotine content preference
To determine menthol smokers' product perception and preference across 6 different types of products with varying nicotine content.
Time frame: 6 weeks
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