The Impact of Innovative Tax Proposals on Purchase Patterns

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Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking

In brief

This study will investigate the effect of four tax proposals (i.e. Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm-Reduction, and Modified Risk Tobacco Product-related taxes) on tobacco product purchasing patterns.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05370313

Run by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

People needed

285

Starts

2023-04-11

Expected to finish

2025-06-10

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-18

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• provide informed consent
• provide a breath carbon monoxide sample ≥ 8 ppm,
• be at least 21 years of age (the legal age to purchase tobacco),
• smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily, and
• use other tobacco products less than weekly.

You may not qualify if…

• report uncontrolled physical or mental health conditions (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure, major depressive disorder, etc.),
• use of smoking cessation medications (e.g., nicotine replacement, bupropion, varenicline) in the past 30 days,
• report concrete, immediate plans to alter/quit using their usual tobacco products in the next 30 days,
• be pregnant or lactating, or
• have plans to move out of the area during the experiment.

Where it is running

• Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center — Buffalo, New York, United States
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute — Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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