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Trial reportAddictive behaviors2019

Piloting a clinical laboratory method to evaluate the influence of potential modified risk tobacco products on smokers' quit-related motivation, choice, and behavior.

Jenny E Ozga-Hess, Nicholas J Felicione, Stuart G Ferguson, Geri Dino, Daniel Elswick, Catherine Whitworth, Nicholas Turiano, Melissa D Blank

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Addictive behaviors, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 7 of them syntheses 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  3. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
    Pooled it
  4. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  5. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  6. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  7. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
    Pooled it
  8. Multiple Tobacco Product Use Conceptual Framework: A 2021 Update on Evidence.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022
    Review
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jenny E Ozga-HessDepartment of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Nicholas J FelicioneDepartment of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Stuart G FergusonSchool of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Geri DinoWV Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Daniel ElswickDepartment of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Catherine WhitworthWV Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Nicholas TurianoDepartment of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Melissa D BlankDepartment of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. Electronic address: Melissa.Blank@mail.wvu.edu.

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Laura F. Gibson · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
WV Prevention Research CenterU48DP005004 · DP · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI DINO, GERI A · 2014 to 2018
$4.3M
Research Training Program in the Behavioral and Biomedical SciencesT32GM081741 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI BERREBI, ALBERT S, SIMPKINS, JAMES W. · 2008 to 2018
$2.1M
ACL HHS U48DP005004NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP005004NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM081741NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research methods are needed that can predict whether the availability of potential modified risk tobacco products (MRTPs) may influence smokers' quit-related motivation, choice, and behavior. This pilot study assessed the primary outcomes of feasibility and adherence to address this need using an electronic cigarette (ECIG) as a model MRTP. Cigarette smokers were randomly assigned to use only their own brand of cigarettes (OB-only) or a second-generation ECIG (18 ng/ml nicotine) plus their OB cigarettes (ECIG+OB) ad libitum for four weeks. Participants logged products using a mobile device, collected used cigarette filters, and provided saliva samples every day for analysis of cotinine. They returned to the lab once per week to provide a breath sample and accept or decline a choice to quit all tobacco products (i.e., cigarettes and/or ECIGs). They also returned for a one-month follow-up visit. Of those participants randomized (n = 60), 56.7% completed the 4-week intervention and 40.0% completed the follow-up visit. The primary reason for withdrawal was poor adherence with mobile device use. Comparable numbers of participants in each group chose to make a quit attempt, although more OB-only participants chose to quit during the first two weeks and more ECIG+OB participants during the last two weeks. With protocol modifications to reduce participation burden, the current method might ultimately be used by regulators to predict how smokers' quit-related motivation, choice, and behavior are influenced by current and future MRTPs.

Indexed as

Choice BehaviorMotivationRisk Reduction BehaviorAdultCigarette SmokingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsSmoking CessationVapingElectronic cigarette (ECIG)FeasibilityQuit attemptQuit timingSmokerTobacco

Identifiers

PMID31470240
PMCPMC6791779

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