A Test of Short and Long Term Naturalistic Outcomes of Smokers Who Sample Smokeless Tobacco

A Test of Short and Long Term Naturalistic Outcomes of Smokers Who Sample Smokeless Tobacco

This nationwide telephone and mail- based research study will recruit 1,400 cigarette smokers who are not motivated to quit to test the effects of a marketed oral, non-combustible smokeless tobacco product on cigarette smoking behaviors. It will also track the participants' usage patterns of the smokeless tobacco product.

Half of the participants will receive a new, potentially safer tobacco product during the first six weeks of the study, and half will not. During this six-week period, each participant will complete three brief phone interviews. After this first six week period, participants will complete 6 other brief follow-up interviews, where they will answer questionnaires about their smoking habits.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age >=19
• a daily cigarette smoker of >=10 cigs/day
• English speaking
• live in the contiguous U.S.
• unmotivated to quit smoking in the next 30 days

Exclusion Criteria:

• no use of smokeless tobacco in past six months
• not breastfeeding, pregnant, or planning a pregnancy
• devoid of any recent (past 6 months) cardiovascular trauma
• no quit attempt of >=1 week in past 6 months
• no use of pharmacotherapy to quit smoking in past 3 months