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Countering E-cigarette Marketing in the Retail Environment among Adolescents and Young Adults

Award Number: K99CA267477
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2023

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Countering E-cigarette Marketing in the Retail Environment among Adolescents and Young Adults - PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT Despite significant efforts to limit youth from accessing and using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), many adolescents and young adults are directly purchasing e-cigarettes from brick-and mortar retail stores. Studies show that pervasive e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment such as e-cigarette product displays, location/size of advertising, and price incentives and coupons, increase adolescent e-cigarette susceptibility and actual use. However, studies have not directly asked adolescents and young adults to identify appealing and influential characteristics of e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment that impact their e-cigarette purchase and use intentions. Such data will support the FDA’s aim of understanding marketing influences on youth tobacco use and will inform the development of communications to prevent e-cigarette use through a counter-marketing lesson, addressing appealing e-cigarette marketing characteristics in the retail environment. The proposed project will address three Specific Aims towards the development of a counter-marketing lesson and regulatory solutions: (1) Examine adolescents’ and young adults’ descriptions of e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment and its influence on their e-cigarette purchase and use behavior. (2) Identify the most important, appealing characteristics intrinsic to e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment influencing adolescents’ and young adults’ intentions to purchase and use e-cigarettes. (3) AIM 3. Develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an e-cigarette counter-marketing lesson combating marketing in the retail environment to reduce intent to use and actual use of e-cigarettes among adolescents. In the K99 phase, focus group discussions (Aim 1) and surveys including an embedded discrete-choice experiment (Aim 2) will identify how and which e-cigarette marketing characteristics influence adolescent and young adult e-cigarette purchase and use. Aims 1 and 2 will identify which characteristics require counter-marketing and would benefit from strengthened regulation. In the R00 phase, a randomized controlled trial will randomly assign adolescents-only to one of two conditions: 1) an online counter-marketing lesson about e-cigarette marketing in the retail environment (developed in this phase) or 2) an existing online e-cigarette overview lesson to assess influence on adolescents' intent to use and actual use of e-cigarettes (Aim 3). This Award and proposed research will enable the PI to grow expertise in impactful e-cigarette prevention programs and policy solutions to reduce adolescent tobacco use, a long-term goal. A training plan involving mentorship from multidisciplinary tobacco control experts in tobacco prevention, marketing, policy, survey design, statistical methods and counter- marketing design, and complementary didactic training will fill gaps in knowledge of tobacco regulatory science and vital research skills, allowing the PI to transition to an independent investigator. By utilizing preliminary data and leveraging new skills, the PI will submit a R01 grant that will examine a multi-component intervention to combat marketing, which will substantially reduce adolescents’ and young adults’ e-cigarette use.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$4,016 )
2024	2023	THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	001	2	5/10/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$4,016
2024	2022	THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	2/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = -$4,016

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $61,222 )
2023	2023	THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	001	2	7/25/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$61,222
2023	2022	LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	1/9/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $61,222

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $190,188 )
2022	2022	LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	9/5/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$190,188
														Subtotal = $190,188

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $190,188 )
2021	2021	LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE	450 JANE STANFORD WAY	STANFORD	CA	94305	SANTA CLARA	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	1	9/21/2021	NEW	$190,188
														Subtotal = $190,188

Grand Total All Awards = $437,582

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Countering E-cigarette Marketing in the Retail Environment among Adolescents and Young Adults

Award Number: K99CA267477

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2023

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