Electronic Cigarettes (E-cigarettes) as a Harm Reduction Strategy
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Tobacco Use Disorder, Smoking
In brief
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using e-cigarettes as a method for harm reduction and the effects of providing e-cigarettes (or placebo e-cigarettes) on smoking outcomes. Participants will be randomized to receive either e-cigarettes with nicotine cartridges or e-cigarettes with placebo cartridges, and followed for 3 weeks.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02628964
- Run by
- NYU Langone Health
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2015-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-03-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-02-24
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 21-35 years old
- daily smokers who smoke at least 10 cigarettes per day (CPD)
- interested in reducing CPDs
- able to provide consent
- Use a cell phone and are willing/able to receive and respond to daily text messages regarding their cigarette use and e-cigarette use on their cell phone
- Willing to use an e-cigarette for 3 weeks
You may not qualify if…
- pregnant and/or breast feeding
- currently using smoking cessation medications (including other forms of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), buproprion, or varenicline)
- enrolled in a smoking cessation program or another cessation trial
- have used an e-cigarette in the past 14 days
- have used any other tobacco products (pipe, cigar, cigarillos, snuff, chewing tobacco, rolling tobacco, or hookah/shisha) in the past 30 days
- score ≥7 (men) or ≥5 (women) on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C),
- score ≥ 5 on the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 (DAST)
- report having a history of asthma, other airways diseases, or heart disease.
Where it is running
- New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
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