Impact of New Product Standards for JUUL Among Dual JUUL/Combusted Cigarette Users

Summary

To date the majority of experimental tobacco regulatory science has focused specifically on the impact of possible tobacco product standards (e.g. limiting e-cigarette flavor) on the use of the single tobacco product targeted by the standard (e.g. e-cigarettes) among individuals who primarily or solely use the targeted product (e.g. vapers). Whereas this "single target" approach has yielded a large amount of actionable evidence, it has also resulted in a significant gap in the regulatory science evidence base for two reasons: First, the focus on single tobacco product users has resulted in very little evidence regarding the impact of possible new product standards among multiple tobacco product (MTP) users. MTP users make up a sizeable proportion (30-40%) of the tobacco using population and individuals who use e-cigarettes (EC) and combusted cigarettes (CC) comprise the largest MTP using group (40% of MTP users). A lack of data on this population means that estimates of the impact of new product standards on public health are incomplete.

Despite some data derived from hypothetical tasks, little experimental research exists to evaluate how potential tobacco regulations might impact the use of other tobacco products in addition to the targeted product. It is critical to anticipate how potential restrictions on the EC market may impact EC and other tobacco product-such as CC-use.

In the proposed research, we will recruit young adult (age 21-29) dual EC/CC users evaluate the demand for participants' usual brand CC as compared to EC that vary in nicotine content (e.g., 5% vs. 3% pods). Participants will engage in a validated concurrent choice task in which they will work for fixed doses of EC vapor or CC smoke in exchange for expended effort. In addition, we will seek to answer this question in samples of dual EC and CC users-individuals who, because they regularly use both EC and CC, are most vulnerable to changes in the appeal of EC and CC brought about by a product standard limiting EC flavors.

Conditions

• Smoking
• E-cigarette Use
• Cigarette Smoking

Interventions

OTHER

5% nicotine content JUUL pod

JUUL pods that contain 5% nicotine

OTHER

3% nicotine content JUUL pod

JUUL pods that contain 3% nicotine

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan

  collaborator OTHER

• Georgetown University

  collaborator OTHER

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lauren Pacek, PhD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Max Age

29 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-10-31

Primary Completion

2021-12-31

Completion

2021-12-31