Effects of a Low Nicotine Standard and Tobacco Prices on Illegal Cigarette Purchasing

ConditionsCigarette Smoking E-cigarette Use

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age21+

SponsorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

About this trial

This study will investigate the effects of a very-low-nicotine cigarette (VLNC) standard, e-cigarette price, and illegal cigarette price on illegal product purchasing and alternative product use in a virtual marketplace.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Provide informed consent Be at least 21 years of age or older Provide a breath sample for measuring carbon monoxide (CO ≥ 8 ppm) Stable tobacco use patterns for at least two months

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

Nicotine Content
Behavioral
In the full nicotine conditions, participants' preferred cigarettes and NVP products will be available in the LETM and preferred cigarettes will be available in the iETM. In the low nicotine conditions, a ban will permit only VLNCs in the LETM and preferred cigarettes will be available in the iETM.
Illegal cigarette price
Behavioral
At each level of nicotine content, we will manipulate the price of illegal cigarettes (1xMP, 1.5x MP, 2x MP). MP is market price.
E-cigarette price
Behavioral
At each level of nicotine content and illegal cigarette price, we will manipulate the price of e-cigarettes (1xMP, 1.5x MP, 2x MP). MP is the market price.

Treatment groups

70 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Exclusive cigarette smokersExperimental treatment 3 interventions

Group B: Dual cigarette/ nicotine vaping product usersExperimental treatment 3 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Percent of budget allocated to each product category (eg, legal cigarettes, e-cigarettes, illegal cigarettes, etc) in the marketplace

The investigators will measure the percent of each partcipants' study budget spent on products from each category (eg, legal cigarettes, e-cigarettes, illegal cigarettes, etc) in the marketplace

Time frame

1 day

Sponsors and contacts

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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