NCT06456671

Examining the Generality of Laboratory-based Findings and Their Moderators in the ITC Study

Examining the Generality of Laboratory-based Findings and Their Moderators Using Diverse Samples From the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project Cohorts - Study 3a

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 443 (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 relative appeal (abuse liability) of novel tobacco products, how the appeal is modulated by relative price, user type, and how novel products may substitute for one another.

Detailed description

An important aim of tobacco control is to reduce demand for the most harmful products. Therefore, a priori knowledge of substitutability across novel and widely used tobacco products may forecast the impact of policies on product switching. This study will use a novel method, the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM), to characterize the relative substitutability and appeal (abuse liability) of tobacco products (e.g., conventional cigarettes, nicotine vaping products \[NVP\], heated tobacco products \[HTP\], and nicotine pouch products \[NPP\]), and how the appeal is modulated by relative price, user type, and regulatory environment. Exclusive cigarette smokers and dual cigarette/NVP users, stratified by age, will complete multiple scenarios in the ETM.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking
• Nicotine Vaping

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	All nicotine/ tobacco products at market price	Nicotine/tobacco products available in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace at market price. Note that all participants will complete all the specified conditions.
OTHER	Nicotine vaping products at 1/2 market price	Availability of nicotine vaping products in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace at 1/2 market price. Other nicotine/tobacco products at market price. Note that all participants will complete all the specified conditions.
OTHER	Heated tobacco products at 1/2 market price.	Availability of heated tobacco products in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace at 1/2 market price. Other nicotine/tobacco products at market price. Note that all participants will complete all the specified conditions.
OTHER	Nicotine pouch products at 1/2 market price.	Availability of heated tobacco products in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace at 1/2 market price. Other nicotine/tobacco products at market price. Note that all participants will complete all the specified conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-29
• Primary completion: 2025-01-07
• Completion: 2025-01-07
• First posted: 2024-06-13
• Last updated: 2025-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States