Menthol Flavored E-cigarette Use During a Simulated Ban of Menthol Cigarettes
Status
Completed
Conditions
Tobacco Use Disorder
Treatments
Other: menthol flavored e-cigarette
Other: tobacco flavored e-cigarette
Details and patient eligibility
About
The purpose of this formative study is to provide preliminary data regarding how the availability of menthol flavored e-cigarettes affects tobacco use behavior in the context of a ban on menthol flavored cigarettes
Enrollment
37 patients
Sex
All
Ages
18 to 64 years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Self identify as African American
- smoke primarily menthol cigarettes
- be between the ages of 18 and 64
- smoke a minimum number of cigarettes per day
- agree to abstain from menthol cigarettes for an 8 week period
Exclusion criteria
- current unstable medical / psychiatric condition
- regular use any form of nicotine or tobacco other than cigarettes
- are pregnant or breast feeding
The investigators will evaluate if there are other reasons why someone may not be eligible to participate
Trial design
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Crossover Assignment
Masking
None (Open label)
37 participants in 4 patient groups
Usual cigs; menthol e-cig then tobacco e-cigs
Other group
Description:
Participants can continue to smoke their usual cigarettes. For the first month of study they receive menthol flavored e-cigarettes and for the second month they receive tobacco flavored e-cigarettes
Treatment:
Other: tobacco flavored e-cigarette
Other: menthol flavored e-cigarette
Usual cigs; tobacco e-cig then menthol e-cigs
Other group
Description:
Participants can continue to smoke their usual cigarettes. For the first month of study they receive tobacco flavored e-cigarettes and for the second month they receive menthol flavored e-cigarettes
Treatment:
Other: tobacco flavored e-cigarette
Other: menthol flavored e-cigarette
avoid menthol cigs; menthol e-cig then tobacco e-cigs
Other group
Description:
Participants avoid smoking menthol cigarettes. For the first month of study they receive menthol flavored e-cigarettes and for the second month they receive tobacco flavored e-cigarettes
Treatment:
Other: tobacco flavored e-cigarette
Other: menthol flavored e-cigarette
avoid menthol cigs; tobacco e-cig then menthol e-cigs
Other group
Description:
Participants avoid smoking menthol cigarettes. For the first month of study they receive tobacco flavored e-cigarettes and for the second month they receive menthol flavored e-cigarettes
Treatment:
Other: tobacco flavored e-cigarette
Other: menthol flavored e-cigarette
Trial contacts and locations
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