Effects of Tax Proposals and Cigarette Availability on Tobacco Purchasing

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Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking

In brief

This study will investigate the effects of normal-nicotine versus low-nicotine cigarette availability in the context of four tax proposals (Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm-Reduction, and Modified Risk Tobacco Product-based taxes) on tobacco product purchasing patterns in a virtual marketplace.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07142668

Run by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

People needed

316

Starts

2025-08-14

Expected to finish

2026-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-19

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 (enrolling)
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC — Roanoke, Virginia, United States (enrolling)

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