Cigar Legislation and Regulation in Tobacco for the Young (Project CLARITY)
Addiction Potential, Flavoring Content, and Substitutability of Concept Flavored Cigarillos
Who can join
Ages 18 to 24 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Ages 18 to 24 2. Report past 30-day use of a cigarillo 3. Ability to read English at least an 8th grade level 4. No immediate plans to quit using tobacco 5. At least 1 prior experience with a flavored tobacco product 6. U.S. Citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy or nicotine replacement therapy; 2. Pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or currently breastfeeding; 3. Past or current clinically significant heart disease or hypertension, or other smoking-related disease that could preclude successful study completion; 4. Inability to abstain from nicotine/tobacco products for at least 12 hours 5. Unwillingness to use the research cigarillos in the lab
About the study
This clinical trial will recruit young adults who currently use cigarillos and examine the smoking behavior and perceptions of different flavored cigarillos, product ingredients/additives impacting these perceptions, and simulated tobacco use outcomes (quitting, switching) in various policy scenarios where different types of flavors are available on the market.
What is being tested
- Cigarillo brand 1 (other)
- Cigarillo brand 2 (other)
- Cigarillo brand 3 (other)
Sponsor: University of Oklahoma · Participants: 300 · Started: Feb 23, 2026
Contact the study team
- Project Manager · Phone: 405-271-7759
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07162935
Locations in the U.S.
| Oklahoma | University of Oklahoma Health Campus, Oklahoma City |
| West Virginia | West Virginia University, Morgantown (Not yet recruiting) |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.