NCT05110872

Cigarette and E-cigarette Flavors Manipulations in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

COMET Study 2: Effects of Cigarette and E-cigarette Flavor Restrictions on Cigarette Demand and Substitution in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 302 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a one-session study that participants complete remotely including consent, Experimental Tobacco Marketplace purchases, and assessments to examine the effects of cigarette and e-cigarette flavors on cigarette demand and substitution in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace.

Detailed description

This study uses a mixed design (within-subject repeated measures and between-group). Participants will be assigned to two different groups according to their preferred cigarette flavor (tobacco/menthol). Every participant will complete behavioral tasks and make hypothetical purchases of tobacco products in an online store under four different scenarios: a) e-cigarette flavor restricted and cigarette flavor restricted, b) e-cigarette flavor unrestricted and cigarette flavor restricted, c) e-cigarette flavor restricted and cigarette flavor unrestricted, d) e-cigarette flavor unrestricted and cigarette flavor unrestricted.

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cigarette flavor restricted and e-cigarette flavor restricted	1. Tobacco cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
BEHAVIORAL	Cigarette flavor restricted and e-cigarette flavor unrestricted	1. Tobacco cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored and a range of flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
BEHAVIORAL	Cigarette flavor unrestricted and e-cigarette flavor restricted	1. Tobacco and menthol cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
BEHAVIORAL	Cigarette flavor unrestricted and e-cigarette flavor unrestricted	1. Tobacco and menthol cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace 2. Tobacco-flavored and a range of flavored e-cigarettes will be available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-26
• Primary completion: 2021-08-13
• Completion: 2021-08-13
• First posted: 2021-11-08
• Last updated: 2025-10-07
• Results posted: 2025-10-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States