Little Cigar and Cigarillo Warnings Among US Adults Who Use LCCs
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The goal of this research is to assess whether little Cigars and cigarillos (LCC) warnings developed by the study team are more effective than the current warnings proposed by FDA for LCC products. A 3-week web-based randomized controlled trial will be conducted in the United States. Participants are adult persons who currently use LCCs.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Detailed Description
In this study, LCC warnings on packs will be electronically presented to participants over time to determine if newly developed LCC warnings increase quit intentions compared to FDA-proposed text-only warnings and a control condition (in which participants do not see LCC packs or warnings.) A daily diary methodology will be employed to present LCC warnings on packs to participants over time. Qualtrics will contact, screen, consent, and administer the survey. To enroll participants, Qualtrics will screen participants using the inclusion criteria and measures and invite eligible participants to enroll in the study. To collect at least 750 quality completes the investigators anticipate enrolling up to 3,000 people.
At the beginning of the baseline survey (day 0), participants will first consent to participate in the study and then complete a questionnaire about their tobacco use and behaviors (e.g., intentions and quit attempts) and other measures of interest. At the end of the baseline questionnaire, survey software will randomly assign participants to one of the 3 study conditions. The three study conditions are 1) Newly developed warnings with images (the six most effective warnings developed by the study team), 2) FDA-proposed text-only warnings, or 3) control condition in which participants will not receive an intervention (no warnings). Participants will be contacted via email each day (at approximately 6 am) to invite them to complete the survey for that day of the study protocol.
For subsequent days (days 1-6, 8-13, 15-20) participants will be contacted and asked to complete a daily survey which will assess their previous day use of LCCs, as well as cigarettes and e-cigarettes. During these daily surveys, participants assigned to condition 1 or 2 (i.e., the warning conditions) will view an image of a little cigar and cigarillo package with a warning according to the participant's condition. Participants within each warning condition will view a total of 6 different warnings over the course of 6 days each week, this will be repeated 3 times during the study, resulting in a total of 18 exposures. Participants will be required to view the warning for at least 5 seconds before answering questions.
On days 7 and 14 participants will be asked to complete a slightly longer survey with questions about their LCC behaviors including the number of LCCs used in the past week, the number of LCCs butted out because they wanted to smoke less, the number of LCCs forgone, other tobacco use, blunt use, and quit intentions and attempts.
For the post-test on day 21, participants will be asked to complete a longer questionnaire about their current tobacco use and behaviors including current LCC smoking behavior, LCC nicotine dependence, other tobacco product (OTP) use, LCC and OTP quit intentions, and LCC and O
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Newly developed warnings with images Participants receive newly developed warnings intervention |
Behavioral: Newly developed warnings with images at 30% size
On study days 1-6, 8-13 and 15-20, participants in this condition will view an image of a little cigar and cigarillo package with a warning developed by the study team that includes an image. The warnings will take up 30% of the package. Participants will view a total of 6 different warnings over the course of 6 days each week, this will be repeated 3 times during the study, resulting in a total of 18 exposures. Participants will be required to view the warning for at least 5 seconds.
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| Experimental: FDA proposed text-only warnings Participants receive FDA proposed text only warning intervention |
Behavioral: FDA proposed text-only warnings at 30% size
On study days 1-6, 8-13 and 15-20, participants in this condition will view an image of a little cigar and cigarillo package with a warning proposed by the FDA which is text only. The warnings will take up 30% of the package. Participants will view a total of 6 different warnings over the course of 6 days each week, this will be repeated 3 times during the study, resulting in a total of 18 exposures. Participants will be required to view the warning for at least 5 seconds.
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| No Intervention: Control group, no intervention Participants do not receive an intervention |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- LCC quit intentions [day 21 (post test)]
Average quit intention score measured by survey. Quit intention measured with 3 questions, the final quit intention score is a mean of the response to the 3 questions, on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 indicates low intention to quit, and 4 indicates a high intention to quit.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 1]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 2]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 3]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 4]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 5]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 6]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 7]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 8]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 9]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 10]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 11]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 12]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 13]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 14]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 15]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 16]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 17]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 18]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 19]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 20]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in past day [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- Number of days smoked LCCs in past week [day 7]
Measured by survey
- Number of days smoked LCCs in past week [day 14]
Measured by survey
- Number of days smoked LCCs in past week [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in the past week [day 7]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in the past week [day 14]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs smoked in the past week [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs butted out in the past week [day 7]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs butted out in the past week [day 14]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs butted out in the past week [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs forgone in the past week [day 7]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs forgone in the past week [day 14]
Measured by survey
- Number of LCCs forgone in the past week [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- LCC quit attempts in past week [day 7]
Measured by survey
- LCC quit attempts in past week [day 14]
Measured by survey
- LCC quit attempts in past week [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey
- LCC quit intentions [day 7]
Average quit intention score measured by survey. Quit intention measured with 3 questions, the final quit intention score is a mean of the response to the 3 questions, on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 indicates low intention to quit, and 4 indicates a high intention to quit.
- LCC quit intentions [day 14]
Average quit intention score measured by survey. Quit intention measured with 3 questions, the final quit intention score is a mean of the response to the 3 questions, on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 indicates low intention to quit, and 4 indicates a high intention to quit.
- Self reported learning [day 21 (post test)]
Measured by survey. Self-reported learning measured with one item on a 1 to 5 scale, where 1 indicates no learning, and 5 indicates a great deal of learning from the warnings in the study. Self reported learning is only measured in conditions 1 and 2, the conditions that receive warnings.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Members of the recruitment panel (the investigators are partnering with a panel provider for recruitment of all participants)
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Agree to provide their honest answers
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Current little cigar and/or cigarillo every day or some day users
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Over 21 years old
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Currently living in US
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Feel comfortable taking a survey in English without help
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Feel comfortable taking an online survey without help
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Have an email address that they check regularly
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Have access to the internet at work or home
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Able to read and respond to surveys delivered to their email
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Able to complete 2 surveys that take approximately 20 minutes
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Able to complete a 5 minute survey each day for 20 days
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Able to verify they are not a bot using CAPTCHA
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Able to answer a simple, random math question
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | United States | 27599 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Adam O Goldstein, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Family Medicine
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 22-2531
- R01CA240732