The Moment Study: Mixed Method Ecigarette Study
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Smoking Cessation |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | August 2014 |
| End Date: | August 2016 |
| Contact: | Jennifer Pearson, PhD, MPH |
| Email: | jpearson@legacyforhealth.org |
| Phone: | 202-454-5768 |
A Mixed Method EMA Assessment of Cognition and Behavior Among New ENDS Users: An Observational Cohort Study
The universe of tobacco products is expanding, with new noncombustible products gaining
popularity even as the reduction in prevalence of cigarette smoking slows or stalls.
E-cigarettes, or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), are the most prevalent of
these emerging noncombustible products. With sales increasing rapidly and more efficient
pulmonary delivery devices under development, ENDS are likely to play an increasing role in
the future tobacco market. Little is known about the cognitions and behaviors leading to or
sustaining ENDS use. Smokers may use ENDS to subvert smoking restrictions, to reduce
perceived smoking harms, or for smoking cessation. Evidence about ENDS use is emerging from
national surveillance and laboratory research, but the majority of information on ENDS is
limited to retrospective surveys and convenience samples of White male ENDS users. The
investigators research suggests Black smokers are less likely than White smokers to try and
be current ENDS users, perhaps due to a greater degree of perceived harm associated with
ENDS, a preference for menthol, or cultural norms. Thus, it is timely and critical to study
how all smokers, including Blacks and menthol smokers, experience and initiate ENDS use
employing valid, innovative research methods.
popularity even as the reduction in prevalence of cigarette smoking slows or stalls.
E-cigarettes, or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), are the most prevalent of
these emerging noncombustible products. With sales increasing rapidly and more efficient
pulmonary delivery devices under development, ENDS are likely to play an increasing role in
the future tobacco market. Little is known about the cognitions and behaviors leading to or
sustaining ENDS use. Smokers may use ENDS to subvert smoking restrictions, to reduce
perceived smoking harms, or for smoking cessation. Evidence about ENDS use is emerging from
national surveillance and laboratory research, but the majority of information on ENDS is
limited to retrospective surveys and convenience samples of White male ENDS users. The
investigators research suggests Black smokers are less likely than White smokers to try and
be current ENDS users, perhaps due to a greater degree of perceived harm associated with
ENDS, a preference for menthol, or cultural norms. Thus, it is timely and critical to study
how all smokers, including Blacks and menthol smokers, experience and initiate ENDS use
employing valid, innovative research methods.
Inclusion Criteria:
Participants must:
1. be aged 18 years or older
2. reside in Washington, D.C. metro area (including VA and MD suburbs)
3. be proficient in English
4. be daily smoker with at least 5 years of established daily smoking
- A person will be categorized as a daily smoker if he reports daily smoking of at
least 8 cigarettes a day for the past 5 years, and records an exhaled air carbon
monoxide (CO) level > 8 parts-per-million (ppm) at the baseline in-person
meeting.
- Daily smokers will be eligible for the main study if they do not intend to quit
in the next 30 days.
- If they do intend to quit in the next 30 days, eligible daily smokers will be
enrolled in the second arm of the study.
5. not taking smoking cessation medications;
6. smoked LCC/cigars/hookah less than 5 times in last 30 days
7. have not used other tobacco products in last 30 days
8. have not used an ENDS product (electronic cigarette) in the last 30 days
9. be interested in trying an ENDS
10. have an iPhone or Android that allows installation of applications and use it daily
11. have a phone plan that allows unlimited text messages
12. be willing to travel to the data collection cite four times in three weeks
13. not be breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant
14. not have heart disease/uncontrolled blood pressure
15. not have psychosis/suicidal thoughts
16. not be currently enrolled in an alcohol treatment program
17. not be out of town for more than 5 nights in the next 6 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals who do not satisfy the criteria above will not be eligible for this
study.
- There will be no involvement of vulnerable populations.
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