Cigarillo Warnings Image Sorting Study

Boston University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking, Cigar

Treatments: Other: Package image sorting with FDA text-only warnings; Other: Package image sorting with Surgeon General text-only warnings; Other: Package image sorting with pictorial warnings

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05838378

H-43316

R01CA260460 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to examine the impact of repeated exposure to cigarillo warnings on cigarillo users' intentions and behaviors for cigarillo smoking. Eligible participants will be randomized to one of three experimental conditions that will vary based on cigarillo warning format.

For 4 weeks, participants will participate in an image-sorting task where they will be asked to sort a set of ~18 cigarillo packages into flavor categories determined a priori by the research team (e.g., Mint, Fruit, Dessert).

At the end of the study, participants will be notified of the purpose of the study and provided links to resources with information about the harms of cigarillo smoking and cessation.

The study will be conducted in an online survey, working with Qualtrics research company, who will program the survey, recruit and screen participants, and administer the survey.

Enrollment: 764 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current cigarillo user-used cigarillos at least one time per week in the past month
• Recruited through Qualtrics Research Services

Exclusion criteria

• Not recruited through Qualtrics Research Services
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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764 participants in 3 patient groups

Pictorial warnings

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to this group will view pictorial cigarillo warnings.

Treatment:

Other: Package image sorting with pictorial warnings

FDA text-only warnings

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants randomized to this group will view FDA text-only warnings.

Treatment:

Other: Package image sorting with FDA text-only warnings

Surgeon General text-only warnings

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants randomized to this group will view Surgeon General text-only warnings.

Treatment:

Other: Package image sorting with Surgeon General text-only warnings