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Protocol - Tobacco Brand and Variety - Cigarettes

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Description

Seven questions used to determine the type of cigarette brand that is most often used by the respondent in the past 30 days.

Specific Instructions

Although the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) only asks about Marlboro in Q5, the PhenX Working Group (WG) feels other brands could be asked about as well. The CEP feels the question could be asked without brand.

While the source instrument was developed to be administered by computer, the WG acknowledges these questions can be administered in a noncomputerized format.

The Content Expert Panel suggests investigators consider nicotine as derived from any source, including both natural and synthetic, when administering this protocol.

The Content Expert Panel recommends investigators substitute people-first language (i.e. replace behavior-based labels such as “smoker” with “people who smoke”) as outlined in Hefler, M. et al 2023, which may differ from the original protocol text.

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Protocol

1. The next questions are about the brand of cigarettes you smoke-the brand is the name that is on the pack. During the past 30 days, what brand of cigarettes did you smoke most often?

  • 1 [ ] American Spirit
  • 2 [ ] Basic
  • 3 [ ] Benson & Hedges
  • 4 [ ] Camel
  • 5 [ ] Capri
  • 6 [ ] Carlton
  • 7 [ ] Doral
  • 8 [ ] GPC
  • 9 [ ] Kent
  • 10 [ ] Kool
  • 11 [ ] Liggett Select
  • 12 [ ] Marlboro
  • 13 [ ] Merit
  • 14 [ ] Misty
  • 15 [ ] Monarch
  • 16 [ ] More
  • 17 [ ] Newport
  • 18 [ ] Pall Mall
  • 19 [ ] Parliament
  • 20 [ ] Salem
  • 21 [ ] USA Gold
  • 22 [ ] Vantage
  • 23 [ ] Viceroy
  • 24 [ ] Virginia Slims
  • 25 [ ] Winston
  • 26 [ ] A brand not on this list
  •      [ ] Don’t Know/Refused

2. [IF Q1 = 26] Please think again about the brand of cigarettes you smoke. During the past 30 days, what brand of cigarettes did you smoke most often?

  • 1 [ ] Alpine
  • 2 [ ] Barclay
  • 3 [ ] Belair
  • 4 [ ] Best Value
  • 5 [ ] Bristol
  • 6 [ ] Bugler (roll-your-own)
  • 7 [ ] Cambridge
  • 8 [ ] Century
  • 9 [ ] Chesterfield
  • 10 [ ] Eve
  • 11 [ ] Harley Davidson
  • 12 [ ] Lark
  • 13 [ ] L&M
  • 14 [ ] Lucky Strike
  • 15 [ ] Magna
  • 16 [ ] Maverick
  • 17 [ ] Max
  • 18 [ ] Montclair
  • 19 [ ] Now
  • 20 [ ] Old Gold
  • 21 [ ] Players
  • 22 [ ] Private Label
  • 23 [ ] Pyramid
  • 24 [ ] Raleigh
  • 25 [ ] Richland
  • 26 [ ] Saratoga
  • 27 [ ] Satin
  • 28 [ ] State Express
  • 29 [ ] Sterling
  • 30 [ ] Tareyton
  • 31 [ ] Top (roll-your-own)
  • 32 [ ] True
  • 33 [ ] A brand not on this list
  •      [ ] Don’t Know/Refused

3. [IF Q2 = 33] Please type in the name of the brand of cigarettes you smoked most often during the past 30 days. If you’re not sure how to spell the brand, just make your best guess.

  • BRAND SMOKED: _____________________
  •      [ ] Don’t Know/Refused

4. [IF Q3 BLANK OR DK/REF] Were the cigarettes you smoked during the past 30 days menthol?

  • 1 [ ] Yes
  • 2 [ ] No
  •    [ ] Don’t Know/Refused

5. What length were the Marlboro cigarettes you smoked most often during the past 30 days? Were they shorts, regulars (also known as king-sized), or 100s?

  • 1 [ ] Shorts
  • 2 [ ] Regulars or king-sized
  • 3 [ ] 100s

6. During the past 30 days, that is, since [DATEFILL], have you smoked part or all of a roll-your-own tobacco cigarette?

  • 1 [ ] Yes
  • 2 [ ] No
  •    [ ] Don’t Know/Refused
Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Child, Adolescent, Adult

Participants

Adolescents and adults (12+)

Selection Rationale

The protocol from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) was selected because this survey is the primary combined source of information on the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The study was initiated in 1971, and it is currently conducted on an annual basis. NSDUH is a survey that includes substance use and is administered to individuals aged 12 and older.

Language

English, Spanish, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

The Tobacco Regulatory Research (TRR) Content Expert Panel (CEP) reviewed the measures in the Tobacco Regulatory Research collection in February 2024.   

Guidance from the TRR CEP includes:

•    Updated protocol

Previous version in Toolkit archive (link)

Protocol Name from Source

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2021

Source

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2020). 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): Draft Web Specifications for Programming (English Version). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Questions CG11, CG11a, CG12, CGMENTH1, CGLNTH, CG14.

General References

Hefler, M., Durkin, S.J., Cohen, J.E., Henriksen, L., OConnor, R., Barnoya, J., Hill, S.E. and Malone, R.E., 2023. New policy of people-first language to replace ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’, ‘ tobacco user’ and other behaviour-based labels. Tobacco control, 32(2), pp.133-134.

Sharma, A., Fix, B. V., Delnevo, C., Cummings, K. M., & OConnor, R. J. (2016). Trends in market share of leading cigarette brands in the USA: national survey on drug use and health 2002–2013. BMJ open, 6(1).
Budenz A, Grana R. Cigarette Brand Use and Sexual Orientation: Intersections With Gender and Race or Ethnicity. (2021). Prev Chronic Dis, 18: E94. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.210160.

Budenz A, Grana R. Cigarette Brand Use and Sexual Orientation: Intersections With Gender and Race or Ethnicity. (2021). Prev Chronic Dis, 18: E94. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.210160.

Protocol ID

730706

Variables
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Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
Tobacco Regulatory Research: Agent
Measure Name

Tobacco Brand and Variety

Release Date

May 3, 2024

Definition

This measure consists of questions used to determine the tobacco product brand and type used by the respondent most often in the last 30 days.

Purpose

This measure is used to assess the type and brand of tobacco product used by respondents.

Keywords

Tobacco Regulatory Research, TRR, cigar brand, cigar, cigar type, cigar variety, tobacco brand, tobacco variety, little cigars, cigarillos, TUS-CPS, agent, brand, tobacco type, tobacco product, cigarette smoking, menthol, cigarettes, regulars, smokeless tobacco, snus, moist snuff, dip tobacco, split tobacco, Chewing Tobacco, flavors, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health, PATH, smokeless, dip, Snuff, spit

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
730704 Tobacco Brand and Variety - Smokeless Tobacco
730705 Tobacco Brand and Variety - Cigars
730706 Tobacco Brand and Variety - Cigarettes
Publications

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