Assessing Tobacco Product Choice When the Cost of Menthol Cigarettes Increases

NCT03612349 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 1708001884
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, participants will complete a behavioral economics laboratory task and validation field assessments to understand how menthol cigarette policy restrictions may affect tobacco product purchasing and use.

Conditions

Tobacco Use; Cigarette Smoking

Keywords

cigarettes; smoking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Total amount of combusted tobacco purchased in mg of nicotine.

  How much combusted tobacco is purchased by the participants.

  through study completion, an average of 2-weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Tobacco Product Demand Curves

  through study completion, an average of 2-weeks.

Study Arms (2)

Condition 1: All Products

OTHER

Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task is a behavioral economics task. During the task, participants purchase products from an online tobacco marketplace. In this condition, all tobacco products are available in menthol and non-menthol flavors.

Behavioral: Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task

Condition 2: No menthol LCCs

OTHER

Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task is a behavioral economics task. During the task, participants purchase products from an online tobacco marketplace. In this condition, the online tobacco marketplace does not include menthol flavored little cigars and cigarillos.

Behavioral: Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task

Interventions

Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task BEHAVIORAL

Participants will select tobacco products from an Experimental Online Tobacco Marketplace under both marketplace conditions.

Also known as: Condition 1: All Products, Condition 2: No menthol LCCs

Condition 1: All Products; Condition 2: No menthol LCCs

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Ages 18 and older
• Daily smokers who smoke on average at least 5 cigarettes per day for the past 12 months
• Self-report smoking a menthol cigarette brand
• Must report use of an alternative tobacco product(s) at least once in the past month
• Breath CO levels \> 8 ppm (if \< 8 ppm, then NicAlert Strip = 6)
• Speak, comprehend, and read English well enough to complete study procedures

You may not qualify if:

• Breath alcohol level \> 0.01 ng/ml
• Intention to quit smoking in the next 30 days
• Self-reported serious medical or psychiatric conditions during the past 12 months including:
• heart attack
• stroke
• angina
• blood clots in the arms or legs for which the individual is undergoing active medical treatment
• cancer requiring active chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• schizophrenia
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• CO reading \> 80 ppm
• Enrollment stratum (white or African-American/black) is full

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Brown University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Brown University School of Public Health

Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use; Cigarette Smoking; Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Tobacco Smoking

Study Officials

• Rachel Denlinger, MPH

  Brown University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Rachel Denlinger, MPH

CONTACT

401-262-0316; rachel_denlinger@brown.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: There is no masking since participants experience both marketplace conditions.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants will complete the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace Task under two marketplace conditions. One condition has all tobacco products available in menthol and non-menthol flavors. The other condition does not include alternative flavored combusted products.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2018
• First Posted: August 2, 2018
• Study Start: July 9, 2018
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2019
• Study Completion: February 1, 2020
• Last Updated: September 28, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)