NCT03402243

Effect of Banning Menthol Flavorant on Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this pilot study, menthol cigarette smokers will be randomized to one of three experimental marketplaces: 1) a condition simulating a ban on menthol cigarettes but not menthol e-cigarettes (condition A); 2) a condition simulating a ban on both menthol cigarettes and menthol e-cigarettes (Condition B); and 3) a condition in which menthol is not banned for either product (Condition C - the control condition). All conditions would have medicinal nicotine available if subjects decide to quit tobacco products entirely. At visits occurring every two weeks over a 6 week period, subjects will receive "credits" that they could exchange for any product available in their randomized marketplace condition. Outcomes include the amount of each tobacco product used.

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Menthol ban on cigarettes	Participants will have menthol and tobacco flavored e-cigarettes available but only non-menthol cigarettes
OTHER	Menthol ban on cigarettes and e-cigarettes	Participants will have neither menthol flavored cigarettes or e-cigarettes available
OTHER	No menthol ban	Participant will have menthol and tobacco flavored cigarettes and e-cigarettes available

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-26
• Primary completion: 2020-03-25
• Completion: 2020-03-25
• First posted: 2018-01-18
• Last updated: 2021-08-10
• Results posted: 2021-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States