Effect of Banning Menthol Flavorant on Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Consumers |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 64 |
| Updated: | 3/17/2019 |
| Start Date: | February 19, 2018 |
| End Date: | August 15, 2019 |
| Contact: | Michael Kotlyar, PharmD |
| Email: | kotly001@umn.edu |
| Phone: | 612-625-1160 |
In this pilot study, menthol cigarette smokers will be randomized to one of three
experimental marketplaces: 1) a condition simulating a ban on menthol cigarettes but not
menthol e-cigarettes (condition A); 2) a condition simulating a ban on both menthol
cigarettes and menthol e-cigarettes (Condition B); and 3) a condition in which menthol is not
banned for either product (Condition C - the control condition). All conditions would have
medicinal nicotine available if subjects decide to quit tobacco products entirely. At visits
occurring every two weeks over a 6 week period, subjects will receive "credits" that they
could exchange for any product available in their randomized marketplace condition. Outcomes
include the amount of each tobacco product used.
experimental marketplaces: 1) a condition simulating a ban on menthol cigarettes but not
menthol e-cigarettes (condition A); 2) a condition simulating a ban on both menthol
cigarettes and menthol e-cigarettes (Condition B); and 3) a condition in which menthol is not
banned for either product (Condition C - the control condition). All conditions would have
medicinal nicotine available if subjects decide to quit tobacco products entirely. At visits
occurring every two weeks over a 6 week period, subjects will receive "credits" that they
could exchange for any product available in their randomized marketplace condition. Outcomes
include the amount of each tobacco product used.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be between the ages of 18 and 64
- Purchase exclusively menthol cigarettes
- Not currently motivated to quit smoking
- Smoking a minimum number of cigarettes per day
Exclusion Criteria:
- Report a serious, unstable medical or psychiatric condition
- Use any medications that might interfere with measures to be studied (for example,
medications known to affect smoking)
- Have used any smoking cessation therapy during the past month
- Regularly use any form of tobacco other than cigarettes
- Are pregnant or breast feeding or planning to become pregnant or breast feed during
the study
We found this trial at
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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Principal Investigator: Michael Kotlyar, PharmD
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