The Impact of Nicotine Reduction on Cigarette Reinforcement Value Within a Marketplace Containing Alternative Nicotine Delivery Products: A Secondary Analysis of a Multi-Site Trial
This is the first study to show that assignment to VLNC cigarettes along with access to noncombusted nicotine products reduces reinforcement value for both low nicotine and normal nicotine cigarettes, and may increase the reinforcement value of e-cigarettes. These results suggest that a mandated reduction in nicotine will decrease the prevalence of smoking and may increase the use of other noncombusted products.
Authors
- Xianghua Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7501-6582)
- F. Joseph McClernon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2846-980X)
- Eric C. Donny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-9652)
- Jennifer W. Tidey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8651-4947)
- Andrew A. Strasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5512-2692)
- Dorothy K. Hatsukami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1108-2609)
- Neal L. Benowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-8124)
- Tracy Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3109-9106)
- Suzanne M. Colby
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Brown University (US)
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf138
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00