🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-05-15

Effects of Tax Proposals and Cigarette Availability on Tobacco Purchasing (NCT07142668)

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This study will investigate the effects of normal-nicotine versus low-nicotine cigarette availability in the context of four tax proposals (Tobacco Parity, Nicotine-Content, Harm-Reduction, and Modified Risk Tobacco Product-based taxes) on tobacco product purchasing patterns in a virtual marketplace.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (5 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (6 items).

Location: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center — Buffalo, New York

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • report uncontrolled physical or mental health conditions (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure, major depressive disorder, etc.),
  • use of smoking cessation medications (e.g., nicotine replacement, bupropion, varenicline) in the past 30 days,
  • report concrete, immediate plans to alter/quit using their usual tobacco products in the next 30 days,
  • be pregnant or lactating, or
  • have plans to move out of the area during the experiment.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (2 Sites)

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center — Buffalo, New York
  • Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC — Roanoke, Virginia

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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