Experimental Tobacco Marketplace in Regulating Flavored Tobacco Products in Menthol Cigarette Smokers

Flavored Tobacco Product Regulation: Behavioral Economic Demand, Visual Attention, and Flavored Tobacco Product Availability

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03897530

Enrollment

103

Registered

2019-04-01

Start date

2019-06-30

Completion date

2023-07-20

Last updated

2024-04-03

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Conditions

Cigarette Smoking

Brief summary

This trial uses an Experimental Tobacco Marketplace to study the purchase of tobacco products in menthol cigarette smokers. Determining the level of substitutability of both flavored and unflavored/tobacco flavored e-cigarettes when menthol cigarettes are available and unavailable can help determine if a flavor ban (of either menthol cigarettes and/or flavored e-cigarettes) will lead to smoking cessation and/or harm reduction. A greater understanding of tobacco product purchasing could help inform possible regulatory actions by the Food and Drug Administration.

Detailed description

Participants view and purchase hypothetical tobacco products during four distinctly different Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (ETM) conditions. During the session, participants are presented with these randomly ordered conditions: menthol cigarettes and five flavored e-cigarettes (menthol/mint, fruits, sweets, alcohol, snacks/meals), menthol cigarettes and both unflavored and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, non-menthol cigarettes and five flavored e-cigarettes, and non-menthol cigarettes and both unflavored and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes. Participants' visual attention is evaluated by eye-tracking equipment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSmoking Cessation Intervention

View and purchase hypothetical tobacco products during four distinctly different ETM

OTHERFunctional Assessment

Visual attention is evaluated via eye-tracking equipment

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Menthol cigarette smokers who report smoking a brand that has a non-menthol equivalent. * Residing in Western New York. * Voluntarily provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Any known history of macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, eye implant, permanently dilated pupils or the use of a screen reader/magnifier. * The following special populations will not be included: * Adults unable to consent * Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) * Prisoners * Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Cessation of Menthol flavored cigarettes	At the time of the session , assessed up to 15 months	Number of flavored cigarettes purchased inThe Experimental Market Place (ETM) will be used to track tobacco purchase behaviors
Eye tracking metrics	At the time of the session , assessed up to 15 months	the interaction of type of cigarette available (menthol versus non-menthol) and type of e-cigarette available (flavors versus unflavored and tobacco), will employ a 2 X 2 repeated measures ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni tests to evaluate the outcomes of Q0 (derived initial consumption without cost constraints), α (demand elasticity), the substitution levels, and the eye-tracking metrics.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026