Carcinogen and Toxicant Exposure Among Young Adults Who Co-Use E-cigarettes and Cannabis (Co-Tox Study)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Summary
This study evaluates the amount of nicotine, cannabis, and toxicants linked to the use of nicotine e-cigarette and/or cannabis products in the blood and urine of young adult users as well as the cannabis and nicotine use behaviors of consumers.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate differences in self-reported nicotine and cannabis use behaviors and biomarkers of exposure to toxicants and carcinogens by product use status, to generate effect sizes required to calculate sample sizes needed for a larger study.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Young adult (18-25 years old). * Ability to read and write in English. * Participants must fall into one of the following groups (based on self-report): * Predominant e-cigarette consumer: defined as using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes daily for the past six months but not having used other nicotine containing products more than weekly or cannabis products for the past month. * Predominant cannabis consumer: defined as using cannabis at least 3x/week for the past six months in any form, including smoking, vaping, and oral use, with no more than weekly use of any nicot…
Interventions
- OtherEffectiveness of different recruitment approaches
Subjects will asked which type of recruitment material they've seen when completing the screening survey
- OtherChoice of study completion locations
subjects will choose location when coordinator calls to schedule appointment
- OtherCannabis Engagement Assessment
Self reported measure of current cannabis use that contains 30 questions assessing quantity, frequency of use and method of consumption in the past 30 days.
- OtherE-cigarette dependence Scale
A 22-item questionnaire measuring e-cigarette dependence. Higher scores indicate greater dependence.
Location
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterBuffalo, New York