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

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

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cigarillo brand 1
  • Cigarillo brand 2
  • Cigarillo brand 3

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Oklahoma

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator

West Virginia University

Collaborator