Shrinking the Size of the Tobacco Power Wall

RanD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04632030

R01DA050972

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall aim of this research is to experimentally evaluate the extent to which reducing the size of the tobacco power wall and the number of tobacco product units displayed influences tobacco use risk in adolescents.

Full description

This experiment will take place in the RAND StoreLab (RSL), a life-sized replica of a convenience store that we developed to evaluate how altering aspects of tobacco promotion at POS influences tobacco use risk during simulated shopping experiences. The study will use a between-subjects design, in which adolescents are randomly assigned to shop in the RSL under one of three conditions: (1) Large power wall/ multiple product units displayed; (2) Medium-sized power wall/multiple product units displayed; and (3) Small power wall/single product units displayed. We will consider the effect of these power wall alterations on risk of use of four classes of tobacco products: cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery devices, cigarillos, and smokeless tobacco.

Enrollment: 275 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between the ages of 11 and 20

Exclusion criteria

• any medical or psychological condition that would make participation in the procedures of the study difficult (based on self-report).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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275 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The tobacco power wall and number of products appears in a typical format: large power wall with a large number of products (defined here as three large cabinets)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed

Small

Experimental group

Description:

The tobacco power wall and number of tobacco products appear in their smallest format: small power wall with a small number of products displayed (defined here as one large cabinet)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed

Medium

Experimental group

Description:

The tobacco power wall and number of tobacco products appear in a format sized between the control and small conditions: a medium sized power wall with a medium number of products displayed (defined here as two large cabinets).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tobacco power wall size and tobacco products displayed