Cigarette and E-cigarette Flavors Manipulations in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University302 enrolled

Overview

This is a one-session study that participants complete remotely including consent, Experimental Tobacco Marketplace purchases, and assessments to examine the effects of cigarette and e-cigarette flavors on cigarette demand and substitution in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace.

This study uses a mixed design (within-subject repeated measures and between-group). Participants will be assigned to two different groups according to their preferred cigarette flavor (tobacco/menthol). Every participant will complete behavioral tasks and make hypothetical purchases of tobacco products in an online store under four different scenarios: a) e-cigarette flavor restricted and cigarette flavor restricted, b) e-cigarette flavor unrestricted and cigarette flavor restricted, c) e-cigarette flavor restricted and cigarette flavor unrestricted, d) e-cigarette flavor unrestricted and cigarette flavor unrestricted.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

302

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Cigarette flavor restricted and e-cigarette flavor restrictedBEHAVIORAL

1. Tobacco cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

Cigarette flavor restricted and e-cigarette flavor unrestrictedBEHAVIORAL

1. Tobacco cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored and a range of flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

Cigarette flavor unrestricted and e-cigarette flavor restrictedBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * currently smoke at least 10 cigarettes per day * have smoked at least 100 cigarettes (lifetime), and * are 21 years of age or older. Exclusion Criteria: * inaccurate identification of usual brand of cigarette's as menthol or non-menthol

Locations (1)

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Spent the Budget on E-cigarettes for Each Condition

Participants will complete purchasing trials in an Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM) with cigarettes increasing in price. Product availability in the ETM depended on the experimental condition. The average percentage of budget spent on e-cigarettes as a function of the restriction of cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes will be assessed.

Time frame: 1 day

Spent Budget on Cigarettes for Each Condition

Participants will complete purchasing trials in an Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM) with cigarettes increasing in price. Product availability in the ETM depended on the experimental condition. The average percentage of the budget spent on cigarettes as a function of the restriction of cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes will be assessed.

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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