Effects of e-Cigarettes on Perceptions and Behavior - Remote Substudy # 2
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 461
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Vaping Delay
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study assess the ways in which e-cigarette product characteristics, such as flavors and nicotine salts, impact user experience to inform potential regulations.
Detailed Description
There are three primary objectives to the study: (1) Determine which dimensions of e-cigarette product diversity differentially affect product appeal in the overall population of tobacco product users as well as affect product appeal across young adult e-cigarette users and middle-age/older adult smokers; (2) Determine which dimensions of e-cigarette product diversity differentially affect product appeal in the overall population of tobacco product users as well as affect abuse liability in young adult e-cigarette users and the ability to resist smoking in adult smokers; (3) Determine the affect of product characteristics on e-cigarette nicotine delivery profile.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 21 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Vapers/E-cigarette Users - Regular use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices containing nicotine
- •Cigarette Smokers
- •Regular use of cigarettes containing nicotine
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Vaping Delay
Time Frame: 1 hour
Minutes delayed before purchasing time to vape an e-liquid.
Subjective Appeal
Time Frame: 1 hour
This self-report measures of subjective product appeal will be completed following e-cigarette self-administration. Scores can range from 0 to 100 for the appeal rating, with lower scores representing lower levels of appeal and higher scores representing higher levels of appeal.
Sensory Attributes
Time Frame: 1 hour
This self-report measures of product sensory attributes will be completed following e-cigarette self-administration. Scores can range from 0 to 100 for the sensory attribute rating, with lower scores representing lower levels of liking the sensory attribute and higher scores representing greater liking of the sensory attribute.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Adam Leventhal
Professor of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California