Studying the Impacts of Higher Taxes and Bans on Electronic Cigarettes to Improve Public Health

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Conditions studied: Tobacco-Related Carcinoma

In brief

This clinical trial studies whether imposing higher taxes and bans on electronic cigarettes (EC) with appealing features impacts tobacco use among current and susceptible adolescents and young adults (AYA) EC users and adults who use EC or are open to EC use. ECs are currently the most popular form of nicotine or tobacco product in the United States. Compared to burned cigarette products, ECs generally pose fewer short-term harms, making them a promising tool for lowering users' exposure to toxins and cancer-causing chemicals from smoking, promoting better public health outcomes. However, evidence shows that EC marketing has increased overall initiation into nicotine use among AYAs, and that EC users are at a higher risk of becoming smokers, which could have negative public health outcomes. Therefore, understanding the public health impact of EC use and regulation remains a major goal in tobacco control research. This trial studies different scenarios which impose higher taxes or bans on ECs with appealing features. Researchers hope that by studying participant responses to the different scenarios they may be able to identify which ones best discourage EC use among AYAs while promoting adult EC users to quit smoking, which may improve public health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07581041

Run by

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

3400

Starts

2026-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-12

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• AYAs aged 15-24 who are daily or nondaily users of ECs and are not smoking in the past 30 days
• AYA tobacco nonusers aged 15-24 who are susceptible to EC or tobacco use (i.e., curiosity about the product, intention to try it in the near future, and likely response if a best friend were to offer them the product)
• Adults aged 18+ who are daily or nondaily users of ECs and combustible tobacco in the past 30 days
• Adults aged 18+ who are daily or nondaily users of combustible tobacco in the past 30 days, not currently using ECs but are open to trying ECs

Where it is running

• Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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