Effects of a Low Nicotine Standard and Tobacco Prices on Illegal Cigarette Purchasing

Part of paid clinical trials in Roanoke, Virginia.

Sponsor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Study ID
NCT07161050
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cigarette Smoking
  • E-cigarette Use

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
21 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Nicotine Content — BEHAVIORAL
    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.
  • Illegal cigarette price — BEHAVIORAL
    At each level of nicotine content, we will manipulate the price of illegal cigarettes (1xMP, 1.5x MP, 2x MP). MP is market price.
  • E-cigarette price — BEHAVIORAL
    At each level of nicotine content and illegal cigarette price, we will manipulate the price of e-cigarettes (1xMP, 1.5x MP, 2x MP). MP is the market price.

Study Details

This study will investigate the effects of a very-low-nicotine cigarette (VLNC) standard, e-cigarette price, and illegal cigarette price on illegal product purchasing and alternative product use in a virtual marketplace.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 1, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2026
Completion
Oct 7, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Experimental: Exclusive cigarette smokers
    Exclusive cigarette smokers will be recruited and will be exposed to all of the conditions described in the intervention section.
  • Experimental: Dual cigarette/ nicotine vaping product users
    Dual cigarette and nicotine vaping product users will be recruited and will be exposed to all of the conditions described in the intervention section

Primary Outcome Measure

Percent of budget allocated to each product category (eg, legal cigarettes, e-cigarettes, illegal cigarettes, etc) in the marketplace [ Time Frame: 1 day ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech CarilionRoanokeVirginia24016
Kirstin Gatchalian
[email protected]
540-526-2071
Roberta Freitas-Lemos, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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