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Study on Tax Proposals and Cigarette Availability

This study is looking at how different tax ideas and whether normal nicotine cigarettes are available affect what tobacco products people buy. Researchers are testing several tax proposals: Harm Reduction Tax, Modified Risk Tobacco Product Tax, and Nicotine Content Tax. You might be able to join if you are at least 21 years old, smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily, and have a breath carbon monoxide level of 8 ppm or higher. The main goal is to see what percentage of your budget you spend on products from different tax tiers on the first day of the study. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This study plans to enroll 316 participants in a within/between subjects design. It uses an Experimental Tobacco Marketplace to test different tax proposals.
What's involved
You will complete two control trials and one tax proposal condition, both with and without conventional cigarettes available. Each condition includes five price scenarios.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary endpoint is measured at Day 1, which suggests a short follow-up period.

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NCT07142668

Effects of Tax Proposals and Cigarette Availability on Tobacco Purchasing

Recruiting
NAAges 21+InterventionalBasic science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
~316 participants
Updated 2026-05-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Harm Reduction Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes AvailableHarm Reduction Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes Not AvailableModified Risk Tobacco Product Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes AvailableModified Risk Tobacco Product Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes Not AvailableNicotine Content Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes AvailableNicotine Content Tax - Normal Nicotine Cigarettes Not Available

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Percent of Budget Allocated to Products from each Tax Tier
Measured over Day 1

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 2 states
New York1
Virginia1

Study leadership

  • Jeff S Stein, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
  • Christine E Sheffer, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Who to contact

Kirstin Gatchalian
[email protected]
540-526-2071
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

provide informed consent
provide a breath carbon monoxide sample ≥ 8 ppm,
be at least 21 years of age (the legal age to purchase tobacco),
smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily, and
use other tobacco products less than weekly.

Exclusion

report uncontrolled physical or mental health conditions (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure, major depressive disorder, etc.),
use of smoking cessation medications (e.g., nicotine replacement, bupropion, varenicline) in the past 30 days,
report concrete, immediate plans to alter/quit using their usual tobacco products in the next 30 days,
be pregnant or lactating, or
have plans to move out of the area during the experiment.

What this trial measures

  • Percent of Budget Allocated to Products from each Tax TierDay 1

    The investigators will measure the percent of each participant's study budget spent on products from each of the three tax tiers (high-, medium, and no-tax).