Smoking and Vaping
Research Study
Researchers at Brown University are examining the combined use of electronic cigarettes or nicotine vaporizers and regular cigarettes in young adults. Join our compensated study today!
Fast Facts
Smoke cigarettes and vape
Ages 21-34
compensation provided
conducted in Providence, RI
Study Background
Researchers at Brown University are conducting Project DUET (Dual Use of E-cigarettes and Tobacco).
This study will examine the combined use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in young adults.
Participants will complete an in-person initial screening, and baseline visit if eligible. There are two laboratory visits which include questions about cigarette and e-cigarette cravings. Participants will complete several computer tasks and will choose to either vape, smoke, or refrain from both. After the second laboratory visit, participants will download an application onto their phone that will ask them questions for 28 days.
Further research today and join our compensated study!
PI: Alexander Sokolovsky
Study Background
Researchers at Brown University are conducting the DUET (Dual Use of E-cigarettes and Tobacco) Study.
Findings from this clinical research study will determine the behavioral processes driving addiction to nicotine and tobacco products.
Participants will complete an in-person initial screening, and baseline visit if eligible. There are two laboratory visits which include questions about cigarette and e-cigarette cravings. Participants will complete several computer tasks and will choose to either vape, smoke, or refrain from both. After the second laboratory visit, participants will download an application onto their phone that will ask them questions for 28 days.
Further research today and join our compensated study!
PI: Alexander Sokolovsky
Additional Information
You may qualify for this study if you meet the following criteria.
Key Criteria:
- Ages 21-34
- Cigarette and e-cigarette user
- Own a smartphone
Once enrolled, this study involves:
- Attending an in-person screening visit to determine eligibility
- Completing a baseline visit
- Filling out questionnaires, providing breath and urine samples, and describing your mental health status
- Participating in two laboratory visits (about 2 hours each)
- Answering questions, completing several tasks on a computer, and choosing between smoking, vaping, or neither in the laboratory
- Installing an application on your smartphone which will ask you questions 5 times per day for 28 days
- You may be invited to one additional focus group after finishing the study
You will receive $25 for the first visit, and $50 each for the next two visits.
You will receive up to $13 per day for using the smartphone app for completing a morning survey, and answering at least 4 of 5 times during the day as well as the extra image task that appears once during the day.
You will receive $0.25 for each Cue Survey submitted with a maximum amount of $25 to be earned during the 28-day mobile data collection period. Additionally, at the conclusion of the 28 days, you will complete a Debriefing Survey for which you will be compensated $2.
This comes to $391 over the 28 days. If you finish all of the parts of the study you will become eligible to win a $100 Amazon gift card. A few months after that we will pick at random – like a coin flip – a few people to invite for focus groups. You will get $15 for being part of the focus group.
Overall, the most you could earn is $631 if you win the gift card and you are selected for and complete the focus group.