Smoking Topography and Harm Exposure in Menthol Cigarettes

NCT01329263 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2015-01-06

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Summary

This study will examine how menthol affects smoking when menthol smokers switch to non-menthol cigarettes. Participants will smoke their preferred brand (control) or Camel Crush cigarettes, which have the ability to be menthol or non-menthol. Participants given Camel Crush cigarettes will smoke them as menthol, then non-menthol cigarettes for 15 days each. Participants will provide breath and urine samples, track cigarette usage and complete smoking topography assessments of smoking behavior.

Conditions

  • Cigarette Smoking Toxicity

Interventions

OTHER

Menthol to non-menthol

Switch from smoking menthol to non-menthol cigarettes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Pennsylvania

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew A Strasser, Ph.D. · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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