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Trial reportPreventive medicine2014

The impact of product information and trials on demand for smokeless tobacco and cigarettes: evidence from experimental auctions.

Matthew C Rousu, Richard J O'Connor, James F Thrasher, Kristie M June, Maansi Bansal-Travers, James Pitcavage

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. The Effect of Tobacco Control Policies on US Smokeless Tobacco Use: A Structured Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Matthew C RousuDepartment of Economics, Susquehanna University, 514 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1025, USA.
Richard J O'ConnorDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo NY 14263.
James F ThrasherDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Centro de Investigaciones en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Kristie M JuneDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo NY 14263.
Maansi Bansal-TraversDepartment of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo NY 14263.
James PitcavageCenter for Health Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville PA, 17822; Department of Health Policy & Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802.

Funding

Exploring current smokers? interest in using smokeless tobacco productsR01CA141609 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI O'CONNOR, RICHARD J · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA141609NCI NIH HHS R01CA141609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEpidemiological and toxicological evidence suggests lower risk of smokeless tobacco (ST) products compared to cigarettes. Less is known, however, about consumer perceptions and use of novel forms of ST, including snus and dissolvable tobacco.

methodsIn this study, we conducted in-person experimental auctions in Buffalo, NY, Columbia, SC, and Selinsgrove, PA with 571 smokers to test the impact of information and product trials on smokers' preferences. Auctions were conducted between November 2010-November 2011.

resultsWe found no evidence of an impact of product trials on demand in our auctions. Anti-ST information increased demand for cigarettes when presented alone, but when presented with pro-ST information it decreased demand for cigarettes. It did not decrease demand for ST products. Anti-smoking information increased demand for ST products, but did not affect cigarette demand.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that credible and effective communications about tobacco harm reduction should reinforce the negative effects of smoking.

Indexed as

Competitive BiddingProduct LabelingAdultAttitude to HealthFemaleHealth EducationHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkObservationPennsylvaniaPersuasive CommunicationRegression AnalysisSmokingSmoking CessationCommunicationsExperimental auctionsInformationSmokeless tobacco

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PMID24321456
PMCPMC4309363

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