Messages About Reduced Nicotine in Combusted Tobacco Products

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,901

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 12, 2022

Primary Completion Date

February 28, 2023

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2023

Conditions
Health CommunicationSmokingSmoking, TobaccoSmoking BehaviorsRisk Behavior
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Reduced nicotine message exposure

Participants will be shown two messages about harms of reduced nicotine cigarettes. The two messages will be drawn from a pool of five messages. The messages will communicate that reduced nicotine cigarettes will still have the rest of the harmful chemicals and cause diseases as the regular cigarettes, but they would make it easier to quit.

BEHAVIORAL

Modified risk message exposure

Participants will be shown two messages about electronic cigarettes as an alternative to regular cigarettes. The two messages will be drawn from a pool of five messages. The messages will communicate that electronic cigarettes are less likely than regular cigarettes to cause severe diseases such as lung cancer.

BEHAVIORAL

Combined message exposure (reduced nicotine + modified risk)

Participants will be shown two messages, one from the reduced nicotine message set and one modified risk message set.

BEHAVIORAL

Control message exposure

Participants will be shown two messages about drinking bottled water. These will be selected from a pool of five message. The messages display specific water products and describe hydration as a healthy activity.

Trial Locations (1)

30302

Georgia State University, Atlanta

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Georgia State University

OTHER