Impact of Exclusive Use of Low Nicotine Cigarettes on Compensatory Smoking
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 31
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Breath Sample (Expired Carbon Monoxide)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. An FDA-mandated reduction in the nicotine content of cigarettes might reduce the health burden of tobacco by reducing the prevalence of smoking. The proposed project will test the impact of nicotine reduction on smoking behavior and smoke exposure in a setting where participants are restricted from using their usual brand cigarettes.
Detailed Description
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. An FDA-mandated reduction in the nicotine content of cigarettes might reduce the health burden of tobacco by reducing the prevalence of smoking. The proposed project will test the impact of nicotine reduction on smoking behavior and smoke exposure in a setting where participants are restricted from using their usual brand cigarettes.Smokers will be confined to a hotel for two hotel stays (five days/ four nights each) during which they will only have access to the investigational cigarettes provided to them. The nicotine content of the investigational cigarettes may differ between the two weeks. Participants will enter the hotel in groups of 10 and everyone in a given stay will receive the same investigational cigarette. The first aim will assess measures of smoke and nicotine exposure including urinary cotinine and expired carbon monoxide. The second aim will assess behavioral measures of smoking including cigarettes smoked per day and puff topography.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •male or female participants who are least 18 years old and smoke daily
- •willing to stay in a hotel for two four-night stays during the prearranged dates
Exclusion Criteria
- •unwilling to use research cigarettes as part of the trial
- •pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding
- •additional smoking and health criteria determined at screening
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Breath Sample (Expired Carbon Monoxide)
Time Frame: 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm beginning with 4pm on Day 1 and ending with 12pm on Day 5
Measure of short term smoke exposure, higher scores indicate more smoke exposure. While in the hotel, participants provided breath samples at 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm beginning with 4pm on Day 1 and ending with 12pm on Day 5. Outcome here are from the VLNC condition. Baseline (NNC) data are reported in the baseline characteristics section.
Average Cigarettes Smoked Per Day
Time Frame: Participants returned smoked cigarette butts each day at 12pm, creating four 24-hr samples for each hotel phase. Data reported here are for the four 24-hr samples of the VLNC condition.
Measure of smoking behavior. Participants returned smoked cigarette butts each day at 12pm, creating four 24-hr samples for each hotel phase (NNC and VLNC). Outcomes reported here are from the VLNC condition. Baseline (NNC) data are reported in the baseline characteristics section.
Secondary Outcomes
- Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale(Participants complete this self-report questionnaire on Days 2-5 during the NNC (Baseline) and VLNC conditions. Presented here are the scores from the VLNC condition.)
- Questionnaire of Smoking Urges(Participants complete the Questionnaire of Smoking Urges on Days 2-5 of both the NNC (baseline) and VLNC Condition. Data here are from the VLNC Condition.)
Investigators
Tracy Smith
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina