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Cigarette Filter Study
Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Summary
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the effects of using charcoal-filtered cigarettes on product perceptions, smoking behaviors, and biomarkers of exposure to tobacco-related toxicants. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do perceptions of cigarettes differ by their filter? Do people smoke charcoal-filtered cigarettes differently than cigarettes with conventional filters, and does this change their exposure to cigarette harms? Study participants will complete a 5-week laboratory-based, open-label, parallel-design randomized trial. After a baseline period of smoking their preferred brand, participants will smoke charcoal-filtered or non-charcoal-filtered cigarettes for 4 weeks while completing weekly sessions to assess primary outcomes. During weekly sessions, they will smoke two cigarettes in our laboratory, provide urine and carbon monoxide samples, and complete questionnaires.
Official title: A Randomized Trial of Charcoal-filtered Cigarettes on Product Perceptions, Smoking Behaviors, and Toxicant Exposure
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
21 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
252
Start Date
2026-02-15
Completion Date
2030-12-31
Last Updated
2026-01-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Charcoal filtered cigarettes with marketing
After completing a 7-day baseline period of smoking their own preferred brand, participants randomized to the charcoal filtered cigarette with marketing condition will use Natural American Spirit Sky cigarettes for the next 28 days
Charcoal filtered cigarette without marketing
After completing a 7-day baseline period of smoking their own preferred brand, participants randomized to the charcoal filtered cigarette without marketing condition will use Tareyton cigarettes for the next 28 days
Non-charcoal filtered cigarettes
After completing a 7-day baseline period of smoking their own preferred brand, participants randomized to the non-charcoal filtered cigarette condition will use Natural American Spirit Yellow cigarettes for the next 28 days
Locations (1)
Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States