NCT04605874

Cigar Packaging Study

STUDY 3: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Effects of Cigarillo Package Quantity on Consumption, Purchase Intentions, Risk Perceptions, Use and Exposure

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of number of cigarillos per package on use behaviors, intensity of use and biomarkers of exposure.

Detailed description

This laboratory-based study will aim to enroll 50 current cigarillo users to complete a 20-day, randomized, parallel design protocol. After a 5-day period of smoking their own preferred brand of cigarillos, participants will begin a 15-day experimental period when they will be randomized to one of two conditions, 2 cigarillos per pack versus 4 cigarillos per pack, to examine how quantity per pack affects use patterns, including daily consumption and cigar smoking topography. Participants will be asked to attend 2 in-person sessions on Days 5 and 20. On Days 0, 9, 12 and 16 participants will complete sessions with research staff remotely (i.e. by phone or video call). Sessions will occur every 3-5 days, for a total of 6 sessions across 20 days.

Conditions

• Smoking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Package Quantity (cigarillos)	After a 5-day period of smoking their own preferred brand of cigarillos, participants will begin a 15-day experimental period when they will be randomized to one of two conditions, 2 cigarillos per pack versus 4 cigarillos per pack.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-05
• Primary completion: 2022-12-15
• Completion: 2022-12-15
• First posted: 2020-10-28
• Last updated: 2023-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States