Interest in Illicit Purchase of Cigarettes Under a Very Low Nicotine Content Product Standard.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a very low nicotine content (VLNC) product standard to substantially reduce nicotine in cigarettes. We examined whether learning about a potential VLNC standard increased smokers' interest in illicit purchases of cigarettes with regular nicotine content if such a standard were adopted.

Methods

Participants were a national convenience sample of 1712 US adult smokers. In an online experiment, we randomly assigned smokers to view information about a new VLNC standard (experimental condition) or no information (control condition). The experimental condition explained that a VLNC standard would remove 95% of the nicotine in cigarettes and would require stores to only sell VLNC cigarettes. Then, the survey asses

SUBMITTER: Hall MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939751 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature