NCT03953508

Perceptions of Cigarette Smoking in Young Adults

Menthol and Non-Menthol Cigarette Smoking in Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 199 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oklahoma · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study focuses on menthol (n = 125) and non-menthol (n = 125) smoking young adults (YAs; defined here as ages 18 to 26).

Detailed description

The study will occur in three phases. In session 1 of Phase 1, participants will engage in ad libitum smoking session of one's preferred cigarette brand (menthol or non-menthol). In session 2, participants will take several puffs each of a commercially available menthol and non-menthol cigarette (i.e., Camel Crush) and complete a complete a series of pre-post smoking questionnaires, and in Session 3 participants will complete a computerized task to measure perceptions of cigarette smoking. For the computerized task, participants will be able to "win" points toward earning puffs of a cigarette and will be able to smoke puffs earned. Participants will be asked to abstain from smoking for at least 12 hours before each in-person visit. Phase 2 participants will engage in 14 days of surveys they will complete on their cell to measure different aspects of smoking behavior. These surveys will happen twice a day at random times. For phase 3, participants will complete an assessment of smoking behavior and related factors 6-months after the baseline assessment either in-person, in the laboratory, or via telephone or online (if in-person follow-up is not viable). The order in which phases occur differed was a result of COVID-19 restrictions on data collection. For some participants, they started EMA first and then began laboratory data collection when in-person was allowed. For others, they started laboratory data collection when COVID restrictions were lifted. Thus, the participant flow may appear unbalanced.

Conditions

• Smoking, Cigarette

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cigarette flavor type	Participants will smoke several puffs (each) of a menthol Camel Crush and several puffs of a non-menthol Camel Crush cigarette.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2023-01-31
• First posted: 2019-05-16
• Last updated: 2024-12-16
• Results posted: 2024-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States