Electronic Cigarette Use in Young Adult Men and Women

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cigarette Smoking; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Survey Arm

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03089541

1P50DA036151-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1612018726

Details and patient eligibility

About

This one-year pilot study of 30 non-treatment seeking young adult e-cigarette/combustible tobacco product dual users (15 males/15 females) will use smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to gather real-time data of e-cigarette and combustible tobacco product behaviors during a 1-week cigarette/e-cigarette dual use period .(1) Participants will respond to daily random prompts assessing in-the-moment use of e-cigarettes/cigarettes and the subjective factors (ratings of satisfaction and withdrawal) and contextual factors (location, activity, social cues) associated with each episode of use. Participants will also complete daily electronic diaries to document e-cigarette use episodes/day, and satisfaction with the e-cigarette experience during the study.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. be 18 through 29 years of age;
2. Smoke cigarettes;
3. have experience with e-cigarette use;
4. fluent in English;
5. have a functioning cell phone for personal use ;
6. have access to wireless networks at least once daily;
7. have self-reported good health.

Exclusion Criteria.

1. report serious medical illness;
2. are women who are currently/planning to be pregnant or breastfeeding.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 1 patient group

Survey Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Will receive incentives for completing surveys and evidence of tobacco use status daily for 1 week

Treatment:

Behavioral: Survey Arm