NCT06001840

Promotion and Mitigation Factors Leading to Illegal Tobacco Purchases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 65 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the effects of promotion factors and mitigation strategies on legal and illegal tobacco purchases for different tobacco-user types.

Detailed description

In the present study, we propose to examine some promotion factors and mitigation strategies and how they impact tobacco product legal and illegal purchases. Specifically, we have developed an Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (iETM). The iETM permits us to identify the number, type, and characteristics of tobacco users who would seek illegal tobacco products and the conditions that would induce them to seek that option. The critical questions we seek to answer are whether changes in product standards and availability will engender illegal tobacco purchasing as a function of tobacco user type (e.g., exclusive combustible product users, and dual cigarette/NVP users). Understanding the user types and the relevant conditions will inform greater tailoring of policy to diminish consumer interest in an illegal market.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking
• Nicotine Vaping

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Promotion factors	In the full nicotine conditions, participants' preferred cigarettes and NVP products will be available in the LETM and preferred cigarettes will be available in the iETM. In the low nicotine conditions, a ban will permit only VLNCs in the LETM and preferred cigarettes will be available in the iETM.
BEHAVIORAL	Mitigation strategies	Penalties: Penalties will be presented as a 60% chance of getting caught making illegal purchases. The consequences of illegal purchases include not receiving any study products from the ETM if they were caught and randomly drew that trial.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-04
• Primary completion: 2025-02-28
• Completion: 2025-03-31
• First posted: 2023-08-21
• Last updated: 2026-02-10
• Results posted: 2026-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States