None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to ascertain whether smoking cessation advice broadcast via Radio would be effective in helping smokers to quit and informing them of the treatments available.
Interventions
The intervention involves 10 weekly (half-hour) programmes broadcast over the radio as we have 10 topics to get through. There will be one new program a week with a repeat later that same week as well as a podcast of the program available if participants have missed the program. The weekly programs are: 1. Preparing to quit; 2. Advice on stop smoking treatments (e.g. NRT patches, gum, lozenges; mouthspray, Champix, National Quitline, E-cigarettes) ; 3. Provide information of withdrawal symptoms
The intervention involves 10 weekly (half-hour) programmes broadcast over the radio as we have 10 topics to get through. There will be one new program a week with a repeat later that same week as well as a podcast of the program available if participants have missed the program. The weekly programs are: 1. Preparing to quit; 2. Advice on stop smoking treatments (e.g. NRT patches, gum, lozenges; mouthspray, Champix, National Quitline, E-cigarettes) ; 3. Provide information of withdrawal symptoms; 4. How to cope after quitting; 5. Explain Carbon monoxide monitoring; 6. Talkback session; 7. Strengthen ex-smoker identity; 8. Talkback 9. Talkback; 10. Talkback Participants in the intervention group will have a Workbook where they will record whether they have listened to the programs.
Sponsors
Tobacco Control Research Turanga (University of Auckland)
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Must be a smoker of tobacco Understand the Samoan language Must be aged 16 years or over Be an Auckland resident Consent to take part in the study
Exclusion criteria
Can only have one member per family household in the study, in case one gets the intervention and the other control, which would cause contamination.
Outcome results
None listed