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Behavioral Economic Measurement of Cigarette Demand: A Descriptive Review of Published Approaches to the Cigarette Purchase Task
Reed, Derek D. ; Naudé, Gideon P. ; Salzer, Allyson R. ; Peper, Michael ; Monroe-Gulick, Amalia L. ; Gelino, Brett W. ; Harsin, Joshua D. ; Foster, Rachel N. S. ; Nighbor, Tyler D. ; Kaplan, Brent A. ... show 2 more
Reed, Derek D.
Naudé, Gideon P.
Salzer, Allyson R.
Peper, Michael
Monroe-Gulick, Amalia L.
Gelino, Brett W.
Harsin, Joshua D.
Foster, Rachel N. S.
Nighbor, Tyler D.
Kaplan, Brent A.
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Abstract
The cigarette purchase task (CPT) is a behavioral economic method for assessing demand for cigarettes. Growing interest in behavioral correlates of tobacco use in clinical and general populations as well as empirical efforts to inform policy has seen an increase in published articles employing the CPT. Accordingly, an examination of the published methods and procedures for obtaining these behavioral economic metrics is timely. The purpose of this investigation was to provide a review of published approaches to using the CPT. We searched specific Boolean operators ([“behavioral economic” AND “purchase task”] OR [“demand” AND “cigarette”]) and identified 49 empirical articles published through the year 2018 that reported administering a CPT. Articles were coded for participant characteristics (e.g., sample size, population type, age), CPT task structure (e.g., price framing, number and sequence of prices; vignettes, contextual factors), and data analytic approach (e.g., method of generating indices of cigarette demand). Results of this review indicate no standard approach to administering the CPT and underscore the need for replicability of these behavioral economic measures for the purpose of guiding clinical and policy decisions.
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2020
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American Psychological Association
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Behavioral economics, Cigarettes, Demand, Nicotine, Purchase task
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Reed, D. D., Naudé, G. P., Salzer, A. R., Peper, M., Monroe-Gulick, A. L., Gelino, B. W., Harsin, J. D., Foster, R. N. S., Nighbor, T. D., Kaplan, B. A., Koffarnus, M. N., & Higgins, S. T. (2020). Behavioral economic measurement of cigarette demand: A descriptive review of published approaches to the cigarette purchase task. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000347