Study reveals how price shifts smokers' preferences for alternative nicotine products
NCT ID NCT06456671
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study involved 440 daily smokers and dual users (smokers who also vape) to understand how price changes affect their choices between cigarettes and other nicotine products like e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco. Participants completed a simulated shopping task where cigarette prices increased while other products were sometimes discounted. The goal was to see which products smokers would switch to when cigarettes become more expensive.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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440 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * From CA, US, or EN * At least 21 years old * Smoking daily * Smoking mostly or about equal amounts of factory-made cigarettes * Does not currently vape (for exclusive smokers only) * Vapes Daily (for dual users only) Exclusion Criteria: * There will be no additional exclusion criteria for this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Roanoke, Virginia, 24016, United States
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