Influence of Authorized Smokeless Tobacco Product Modified Risk Claims II: Laboratory Assessment of Sensory and Subjective Effects

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 21 years of age
• Residing in 8 counties of Western NY (Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Allegheny, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming)
• Smoke cigarettes every day, at least 5 cigarettes per day, for at least 1 year
• Open to trying a non-combusted oral tobacco product
• Have the ability to read, write, and communicate in English
• Have successfully completed our preliminary Auction study I-4008824 with a bid for Copenhagen and/or General Snus > $0
• Willing to abstain smoking 8-10 hours prior to each laboratory session and complete breath CO test for verification (<8ppm)
• Female participants must be amenable to taking a pregnancy test (urine) prior to beginning study procedures.
• Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 21 years of age
• Residing in 8 counties of Western NY (Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Allegheny, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming)
• Smoke cigarettes every day, at least 5 cigarettes per day, for at least 1 year
• Open to trying a non-combusted oral tobacco product
• Have the ability to read, write, and communicate in English
• Have successfully completed our preliminary Auction study I-4008824 with a bid for Copenhagen and/or General Snus > $0
• Willing to abstain smoking 8-10 hours prior to each laboratory session and complete breath CO test for verification (<8ppm) .
• Female participants must be amenable to taking a pregnancy test (urine) prior to beginning study procedures.
• Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure.