This multi-method project will recruit young adults who currently use cigarillos and examine the effects of different flavored cigarillo types (concept, characterizing, tobacco) on three measures of tobacco product appeal: subjective effects (e.g., taste, enjoyment, satisfaction, reward), actual smoking behavior (e.g., number of puffs), and tobacco product purchases via a simulated experimental tobacco marketplace.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
190
Participants will be assessed on several smoking outcomes including puffing behavior, subjective effects, and exhaled carbon monoxide
TSET Health Promotion Research Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
RECRUITINGPuff volume
Volume of inhaled cigarillo puffs
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks
Subjective effects from smoking
Self-reported reward from cigarillo smoking from a questionnaire. This scale has 5 questions with response options ranging from 1 - not at all to 7 - extremely. The score is averaged across the number of items. Higher ratings indicate greater psychological reward.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks
Exhaled carbon monoxide
Changes in exhaled carbon monoxide (CO boot) following cigarillo smoking
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks
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