Shrinking the Size of the Tobacco Power Wall

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Use

Interventions: Behavioral: Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed

Registration Number: NCT04632030

Lead Sponsor: RAND

Brief Summary: The overall aim of this research is to experimentally evaluate the extent to which reducing the size of the tobacco power wall and the number of tobacco product units displayed influences tobacco use risk in adolescents.

Detailed Description: This experiment will take place in the RAND StoreLab (RSL), a life-sized replica of a convenience store that we developed to evaluate how altering aspects of tobacco promotion at POS influences tobacco use risk during simulated shopping experiences. The study will use a between-subjects design, in which adolescents are randomly assigned to shop in the RSL under one of three conditions: (1) Large power wall/ multiple product units displayed; (2) Medium-sized power wall/multiple product units displayed; and (3) Small power wall/single product units displayed. We will consider the effect of these power wall alterations on risk of use of four classes of tobacco products: cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery devices, cigarillos, and smokeless tobacco.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 275

Inclusion Criteria

between the ages of 11 and 20

Exclusion Criteria

any medical or psychological condition that would make participation in the procedures of the study difficult (based on self-report).

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Small	Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed	The tobacco power wall and number of tobacco products appear in their smallest format: small power wall with a small number of products displayed (defined here as one large cabinet)
Control	Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed	The tobacco power wall and number of products appears in a typical format: large power wall with a large number of products (defined here as three large cabinets)
Medium	Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed	The tobacco power wall and number of tobacco products appear in a format sized between the control and small conditions: a medium sized power wall with a medium number of products displayed (defined here as two large cabinets).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion at Risk for Cigarette Smoking	within 5 minutes of the intervention	A two item self-report assessment: 1) If one of your best friends offered you an unflavored cigarette would you use it? 2) If one of your best friends offered you a menthol cigarette would you use it? Responses to each item are made on a 10-point scale where 1 = definitely not; and 10 = definitely yes and responses across the two items are summed for a total scale score. Total scale scores are dichotomized: scores of 2 are coded as '0' (no risk) and any score greater than 2 is coded as '1' (at risk). Outcome is proportion at risk of cigarette smoking (number of participants at risk over number of participants within condition).
Proportion at Risk of Using Smokeless Tobacco	within 5 minutes of the intervention	A three item self report assessment: : 1) If one of your best friends offered you unflavored smokeless tobacco would you use it? 2) If one of your best friends offered you smokeless tobacco flavored with flavored with menthol, mint, spearmint, or wintergreen would you use it? 3) If one of your best friends offered you smokeless tobacco flavored with fruit would you use it? Responses to each item are made on a 10-point scale where 1 = definitely not; and 10 = definitely yes and responses across the three items are summed for a total scale score. Total scale scores are dichotomized: scores of 3 are coded as '0' (no risk) and any score greater than 3 is coded as '1' (at risk).Outcome is proportion at risk of smokeless tobacco use (number of participants at risk over number of participants within condition).
Proportion at Risk of Using Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices (ENDS)	within 5 minutes of the intervention	A three item, self-report assessment: 1) If one of your best friends offered you an unflavored vaping product would you use it? 2) If one of your best friends offered you a vaping product flavored with menthol or mint, would you use it? 3) If one of your best friends offered you a vaping product flavored with fruit, candy, alcohol or non-alcohol drink, or some other sweet flavor, would you use it? Responses to each item are made on a 10-point scale where 1 = definitely not; and 10 = definitely yes and responses across the three items are summed for a total scale score. Total scale scores are dichotomized: scores of 3 are coded as '0' (no risk) and any score greater than 3 is coded as '1' (at risk). Outcome is proportion at risk of ENDS use (number of participants at risk over number of participants within condition).
Proportion at Risk of Using Little Cigar/Cigarillos (LCC)	within 5 minutes of the intervention	A three item, self report assessment: 1) If one of your best friends offered you an unflavored cigarillos/filtered cigar would you use it? 2) If one of your best friends offered you a cigarillos/filtered cigar flavored with menthol or mint would you use it? 3) If one of your best friends offered you a cigarillos/filtered cigar flavored with fruit, candy, alcohol, or some other sweet flavor, would you use it? Responses to each item are made on a 10-point scale where 1 = definitely not; and 10 = definitely yes and responses across the three items are summed for a total scale score. Total scale scores are dichotomized: scores of 3 are coded as '0' (no risk) and any score greater than 3 is coded as '1' (at risk). Outcome is proportion at risk of LCC use (number of participants at risk over number of participants within condition).