Cigarillo Public Education Messaging for Black Young Adults
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cigarillo Smoking
In brief
This is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of cigarillo public education messages among Black young adults who are at-risk for established cigarillo smoking. The primary outcomes are cigarillo harm perceptions, outcome expectancies, and use intentions at 3-month follow-up. Exploratory outcomes are use behaviors (cigarillo smoking initiation and use behaviors) measured at 3-month follow-up. These outcomes will also be measured at 1-month follow-up time point.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06863168
- Run by
- Drexel University
- People needed
- 360
- Starts
- 2025-04-17
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Be between 18 to 30 years of age;
- Self-identify as non-Hispanic Black or African American ethnicity and race, respectively;
- Must be able to communicate, read, and write in the English language;
- Have never used cigarillos fairly regularly based on a valid measure but are deemed susceptible to cigarillo smoking based on a valid 4-item susceptibility measure; OR currently smokes cigarillos some days but not every day (i.e., experimentation)
- And must have no history of fairly regular use of any other tobacco products (i.e., little cigars, large cigars, cigarettes, hookah tobacco, electronic vaping products, smokeless tobacco, and heated tobacco products)
You may not qualify if…
- Persons who are younger than 18 years of age or older than 30 years of age.
- Persons who do not self-identify as a non-Hispanic Black/African American person.
- Persons who are not deemed susceptible based on a valid susceptibility measure (i.e., not susceptible to cigarillo smoking)
- Persons who have fairly regular use of any tobacco product (i.e., persons with a former or current established pattern of any tobacco use including cigarillos, little cigars, large cigars, cigarettes, hookah tobacco, electronic vaping products, smokeless tobacco, and heated tobacco products)
- Persons who are unable to read, write, and communicate in English language. The informed consent and other materials, including surveys, are only available in the English language for this study. Additionally, trained staff members that will communicate and interact with participants for this study can only speak in English.
Where it is running
- Drexel University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
- Drexel University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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