Study on Cigarette Purchasing Habits and Nicotine Content
This study is looking at how different factors affect people's choices when buying cigarettes. Researchers are testing how the price of e-cigarettes and illegal cigarettes, as well as the nicotine content in legal cigarettes (specifically very-low-nicotine cigarettes or VLNCs), influence what people buy. You might be able to join if you are at least 21 years old, smoke cigarettes regularly, and have stable tobacco use patterns. The main goal is to see how much of your budget you spend on different products like legal cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and illegal cigarettes within a marketplace. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 70 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study that plans to enroll 70 participants. It will examine how different nicotine levels and prices affect purchasing decisions in a virtual marketplace.
- What's involved
- You would participate in three sessions: an assessment, a session in the legal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace, and a follow-up phone call.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary endpoint (what the study measures for success) is assessed at 1 day, but a follow-up phone call is also mentioned.
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Effects of a Low Nicotine Standard and Tobacco Prices on Illegal Cigarette Purchasing
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Roberta Freitas-Lemos, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
Who to contact
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Do you actually qualify for this trial?
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Inclusion
What this trial measures
- Percent of budget allocated to each product category (eg, legal cigarettes, e-cigarettes, illegal cigarettes, etc) in the marketplace1 day
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