Electronic Cigarette Use in Young Adult Men and Women

Yale University29 enrolled

Overview

This one-year pilot study of 30 non-treatment seeking young adult e-cigarette/combustible tobacco product dual users (15 males/15 females) will use smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to gather real-time data of e-cigarette and combustible tobacco product behaviors during a 1-week cigarette/e-cigarette dual use period .(1) Participants will respond to daily random prompts assessing in-the-moment use of e-cigarettes/cigarettes and the subjective factors (ratings of satisfaction and withdrawal) and contextual factors (location, activity, social cues) associated with each episode of use. Participants will also complete daily electronic diaries to document e-cigarette use episodes/day, and satisfaction with the e-cigarette experience during the study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking Tobacco Use

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 29 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. be 18 through 29 years of age; 2. Smoke cigarettes; 3. have experience with e-cigarette use; 4. fluent in English; 5. have a functioning cell phone for personal use ; 6. have access to wireless networks at least once daily; 7. have self-reported good health. Exclusion Criteria. 1. report serious medical illness; 2. are women who are currently/planning to be pregnant or breastfeeding.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Contextual Factors Associated With Tobacco Use Episode Reported Via Ecological Momentary Assessment

Participant responses to prompt during ecological momentary assessment about their activity, location, and companionship during a tobacco use episode that occurred within the past 15 minutes.

Time frame: week 1