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Cigarette Packaging of Low Nicotine Cigarettes

NCT03802019 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 219

Last updated 2026-02-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of changes in cigarette package color on smoking behaviors, harm exposure, and risk perceptions when using low nicotine content (LNC) cigarettes.

Conditions

  • Smoking, Cigarette

Interventions

OTHER

LNC Cigarettes + Colored Packaging

After completing a 5-day baseline period of smoking their own brand, participants will be randomized to a 30-day experimental period when they will receive low nicotine content cigarettes in one of four types of packaging: gray, red, blue, or plain.

OTHER

Own Brand

After completing a 5-day baseline period of smoking their own brand, participants will be randomized to a 30-day experimental period when they will receive their own preferred brand of cigarette (i.e., control).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    collaborator FED

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pennsylvania

    collaborator OTHER

  • Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

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

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-18
Primary Completion
2025-08-27
Completion
2025-08-27

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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