Cigar Legislation and Regulation in Tobacco for the Young (Project CLARITY)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-24
SponsorUniversity of Oklahoma

About this trial

This clinical trial will recruit young adults who currently use cigarillos and examine the smoking behavior and perceptions of different flavored cigarillos, product ingredients/additives impacting these perceptions, and simulated tobacco use outcomes (quitting, switching) in various policy scenarios where different types of flavors are available on the market.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Ages 18 to 24

Report past 30-day use of a cigarillo

Ability to read English at least an 8th grade level

No immediate plans to quit using tobacco

Disqualifiers

Current use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy or nicotine replacement therapy;

Pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or currently breastfeeding;

Past or current clinically significant heart disease or hypertension, or other smoking-related disease that could preclude successful study completion;

Inability to abstain from nicotine/tobacco products for at least 12 hours

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cigarillo brand 1

    Other intervention

    Participants will be assessed on puffing behavior, subjective effects, and exhaled carbon monoxide when assigned to using one of three cigarillo brands. Additives and ingredients of the cigarillo used will also be assessed

  • Cigarillo brand 2

    Other intervention

    Participants will be assessed on puffing behavior, subjective effects, and exhaled carbon monoxide when assigned to using one of three cigarillo brands. Additives and ingredients of the cigarillo used will also be assessed

  • Cigarillo brand 3

    Other intervention

    Participants will be assessed on puffing behavior, subjective effects, and exhaled carbon monoxide when assigned to using one of three cigarillo brands. Additives and ingredients of the cigarillo used will also be assessed

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Concept flavorExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group B: Characterizing flavorExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group C: Tobacco flavorExperimental treatment 3 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Puff number

Number of cigarillo puffs

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the final smoking visit, approximately 2 weeks
2

Subjective reward from smoking

Self-reported reward from cigarillo smoking from a questionnaire. This scale has 5 questions with response options ranging from 1 - not at all to 7 - extremely. The score is averaged across the number of items. Higher ratings indicate greater psychological reward

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the final smoking visit, approximately 2 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Oklahoma

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator

West Virginia University

Collaborator