Tobacco/Nicotine Purchase Patterns Across SES

NCT06795997 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: VT IRB 24-12285R01CA266966
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 663
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In a within-subject design, investigators will use the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM) to systematically impose 4 novel tobacco/nicotine tax proposals (Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm-Reduction, and Modified Risk Tobacco Product-related taxes) covering a broad range of tax magnitudes. Participants will complete one control trial and all conditions (tax proposals) in the ETM with 5 trials each. Analyses will model the quantity of the product purchased as a function of tax tier (i.e., high, medium, no tax) and examine poly-tobacco purchasing.

Conditions

Smoking Behaviors; Smoking, Non-Tobacco Products; Smoking, Cigarette

Keywords

Experimental Tobacco Marketplace; Tobacco Regulatory Policy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Tobacco Product Purchasing

  Participants will make hypothetical purchases of tobacco products to use throughout the next 7 days

  During a one-session study, participants will complete a total of 21 purchasing trials each for 7 days' worth of products. They will be exposed to a control trial and 4 conditions with 5 trials each, where products will increase in price

Study Arms (2)

Exclusive Cigarette Smokers

EXPERIMENTAL

Exclusive cigarette smokers will be recruited and will be exposed to all of the tax conditions described in the intervention section.

Behavioral: Tax Conditions

Exclusive Cigarette Smokers-Control Condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Exclusive cigarette smokers will be recruited and will be exposed to the control condition described in the intervention section.

Behavioral: Control Condition

Interventions

Tax Conditions BEHAVIORAL

Participants will make hypothetical purchases of tobacco products to use throughout the next 7 days. Participants will complete a total of 21 purchasing trials each for 7 days' worth of products. They will be exposed to 4 conditions with 5 trials each, where products will increase in price: Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm- Reduction, and Modified Risk Tobacco Product-related taxes.

Exclusive Cigarette Smokers

Control Condition BEHAVIORAL

Participants will make hypothetical purchases of tobacco products to use throughout the next 7 days. Participants will complete a total of 21 purchasing trials each for 7 days' worth of products. They will be exposed to a control trial.

Exclusive Cigarette Smokers-Control Condition

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• provide informed consent
• be at least 21 years of age
• smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily and use other tobacco products less than weekly

You may not qualify if:

• pregnant or lactating

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

Roanoke, Virginia, 24016, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking; Smoking, Non-Tobacco Products; Cigarette Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Tobacco Smoking; Tobacco Use

Study Officials

• Jeff Stein, PhD

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Within-subject design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 25, 2024
• First Posted: January 28, 2025
• Study Start: December 16, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 25, 2025
• Study Completion: March 25, 2025
• Last Updated: May 21, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)