This study aims to better understand how e-cigarettes (ECIG) nicotine flux impacts several behavioral economic measures of abuse liability.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
4 sample puffs, followed by a 60 minute rest period, hypothetical drug purchase tasks, followed by progressive ratio tasks (single product and two products, with 60 minute rest in between) where participants work to earn puffs of tobacco products; preceded and followed by physiological and subjective assessment
4 sample puffs, followed by a 60 minute rest period, hypothetical drug purchase tasks, followed by progressive ratio tasks (single product and two products, with 60 minute rest in between) where participants work to earn puffs of tobacco products; preceded and followed by physiological and subjective assessment
Center for the Study of Tobacco Products
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Effort for Product Puffs With Cross Product Progressive Ratio Task (CP-PRT)
This is now a single-arm parallel study design. The main outcome of interest in the CP-PRT is the relative reinforcing value - defined as how hard a participant is willing to work for the session product compared to their own brand cigarette. The breakpoint, or highest trial number that a participant completed for a puff of the session-specific product will be used as the measure of relative reinforcing value.
Time frame: The CP-PRT is completed once per study session (except it is not completed in the 5th, own brand session), at 185 minutes into the session.
Breakpoint of Drug Purchase Task (DPT)
The DPTs will yield measures of willingness to pay (demand) for session-specific tobacco products. Choices made during this task are not reinforced during the session. Using the DPT, participants estimate the number of session-specific product puffs they would take across increasing prices per puff. DPT demand will be characterized by the Breakpoint (BP); i.e., the highest price per puff at which participants indicate they would stop using the session-specific product rather than incur the cost.
Time frame: Each DPT will be completed once per study session, about 75 minutes into the session. The results will reported in US dollars ($).
Effort for Product Puffs With Progressive Ratio Task (PRT)
The PRT will yield a measure of willingness to work for session-specific tobacco products (via number of times a space bar is pressed to earn puffs) through the outcome measure: mean number of puffs self-administrated. The outcome measure of interest is the total number of puffs self-administered.
Time frame: The PRT is completed once per study session, at 85 minutes into the session.
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4 sample puffs, followed by a 60 minute rest period, hypothetical drug purchase tasks, followed by progressive ratio tasks (single product and two products, with 60 minute rest in between) where participants work to earn puffs of tobacco products; preceded and followed by physiological and subjective assessment
4 sample puffs, followed by a 60 minute rest period, hypothetical drug purchase tasks, followed by progressive ratio tasks (single product and two products, with 60 minute rest in between) where participants work to earn puffs of tobacco products; preceded and followed by physiological and subjective assessment
4 sample puffs, followed by a 60 minute rest period, hypothetical drug purchase tasks, followed by progressive ratio tasks (single product and two products, with 60 minute rest in between) where participants work to earn puffs of tobacco products; preceded and followed by physiological and subjective assessment