N/A
N=65
Promotion and Mitigation Factors Leading to Illegal Tobacco Purchases
Cigarette Smoking · Nicotine Vaping
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06001840 ↗Enrolled (actual)
65
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Feb 2026
Primary outcome: Primary: Percent Budget Spent on Illegal Cigarettes Across Policy Conditions — 40.78; 38.41; 12.14; 9.64 percentage of budget spent
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Promotion factors (Behavioral); Mitigation strategies (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 21+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Primary completion
- Feb 2025
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Percent Budget Spent on Illegal Cigarettes Across Policy Conditions |
40.78; 38.41; 12.14; 9.64; 71.20; 65.18 | — |
| PRIMARY Percent Budget Spent on Legal Cigarettes Across Policy Conditions |
37.97; 29.72; 57.30; 47.73; 4.32; 0.89 | — |
| PRIMARY Percent Budget Spent on E-cigarettes Across Policy Conditions |
10.01; 23.06; 20.16; 27.15; 11.49; 24.06 | — |
| PRIMARY Percent Budget Spent on Nicotine Replacement Therapy Across Policy Conditions |
2.00; 3.67; 3.11; 4.56; 3.46; 4.38 | — |
| PRIMARY Percent Budget Spent on Oral Nicotine/Tobacco Across Policy Conditions |
0.85; 0.12; 0.69; 0.89; 1.08; 0.21 | — |
Summary
This study will investigate the effects of promotion factors and mitigation strategies on legal and illegal tobacco purchases for different tobacco-user types.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Provide informed consent
- Be at least 21 years of age or older
- Provide a breath sample for measuring carbon monoxide (CO ≥ 8 ppm)
- Stable tobacco use patterns for at least two months
For exclusive cigarette smokers:
- Smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily and do not use NVPs regularly (no more than 9 times in the last month).
- For dual cigarette/NVP users:
- Smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily and use NVPs at least 3 times in a week (report use of closed nicotine salt system)
Exclusion criteria
- Have plans to move out of the area
- Have a serious or unstable physical or mental health condition
- Taking a tobacco cessation medication or medication that interferes with nicotine metabolism, motivation or reinforcement
- Report concrete, immediate plans to alter/quit using their usual nicotine products at the beginning of the study
- Being pregnant or lactating
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06001840). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.