UNC Tobacco Convenience Store
ConditionHealth Behavior
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
About this trial
The main purpose of this trial is to evaluate the impact of a menthol cigarette ban accompanied by a quit smoking campaign on tobacco purchasing behavior. Investigators will conduct a randomized clinical trial with \~1,185 US adults (ages 21+ years) who currently smoke menthol cigarettes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Are ages 21 years and older
Smoke cigarettes currently (i.e. currently smoke some days or every day and have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime)
Smoke menthol cigarettes
Purchased menthol cigarettes in a store in the past month
Disqualifiers
Are pregnant
Are breastfeeding
Enrolled currently in another research study about quitting smoking
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Menthol ban + campaign
- Menthol ban
- Control
Treatment groups
1,185 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov