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Attitudes and Perceptions Attitudes and Smoking Perceptions in the Real Environment -II

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Cigarillo Flavor
Registration Number
NCT06668350
Lead Sponsor
University of Oklahoma
Brief Summary

This multi-method project will recruit young adults who currently use cigarillos and examine the effects of different flavored cigarillo types (concept, characterizing, tobacco) on three measures of tobacco product appeal: subjective effects (e.g., taste, enjoyment, satisfaction, reward), actual smoking behavior (e.g., number of puffs), and tobacco product purchases via a simulated experimental tobacco marketplace.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
190
Inclusion Criteria
  • Ages18 to 34
  • Smoke a little cigar or cigarillo (LCCs) "some days" or "everyday" (verified by brand name of the product);
  • Ability to read English at an 8th grade level or higher; and
  • No immediate plans to quit using tobacco
  • > 1 prior experience, even 1 puff, with a flavored tobacco product
  • U.S. Citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Current use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or stop smoking medication;
  • Pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or currently breastfeeding;
  • Past or current self-reported clinically significant heart disease or hypertension, or other smoking-related disease (by history) that preclude successful study completion;
  • Inability to abstain from nicotine/tobacco products for at least 12 hours prior to lab sessions
  • Report using the study cigarillo brand as their preferred brand (as this will likely unduly influence their perceptions)
  • Unwillingness to use "untipped" (e.g., plastic or wood tip) little cigars/cigarillos.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Puff volumeFrom enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks

Volume of inhaled cigarillo puffs

Subjective effects from smokingFrom enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks

Self-reported reward from cigarillo smoking from a questionnaire. This scale has 5 questions with response options ranging from 1 - not at all to 7 - extremely. The score is averaged across the number of items. Higher ratings indicate greater psychological reward.

Exhaled carbon monoxideFrom enrollment to the end of the study at 6 weeks

Changes in exhaled carbon monoxide (CO boot) following cigarillo smoking

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

TSET Health Promotion Research Center

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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