Reduced Nicotine Cigarette Purchasing Decisions

Reduced Nicotine Cigarette Purchasing Decisions

The goal of this project is to experimentally evaluate how expectations about reduced-nicotine cigarettes as well as actual nicotine content interact to determine behavioral and subjective response for these novel products.

Inclusion criteria:

• 21 years or older
• Smoke five or more cigarettes per day for the past six months
• Biological confirmation of cigarette use: have an expired carbon monoxide (CO) level of more than 8 ppm and a urinary cotinine level of more than 100 ng per milliliter at screening

Exclusion criteria:

• Intention to quit smoking in the next 30 days
• Weekly use of nicotine-containing products other than machine-manufactured combustible cigarettes
• Serious medical or psychiatric disorder precluding participation by study physician guidance
• Positive urine screening for illicit drugs other than cannabis or current substance use disorder
• Women who are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
• Medical contraindications to receiving tobacco products