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A study of providing adult smokers, who smoke at least one cigarette per day, the opportunity to sample a range of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) in everyday non-medical community locations, to determine if this is acceptable to smokers, and whether it increases their motivation to quit smoking, encourages them to use NRTs, and helps them to quit smoking and remain abstinent for three months.

A pilot uncontrolled single arm non-randomised open-label trial of the acceptability and effect on motivation to quit and compliance with use of nicotine replacement therapy of supplying nicotine replacement therapies to smokers in community locations regardless of their motivation to quit smoking.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12614000054617
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2014-01-20
Start date
2014-01-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This is a pilot study of making a range of nicotine replacement therapies available to smokers in locations where they go about their everyday lives, regardless of their level of motivation to quit smoking. The hypothesis is that giving smokers the opportunity to sample a range of therapies, under the guidance of an expert coach, will increase their motivation to quit, increase their usage of nicotine replacement therapy, and lead them to try to quit smoking.

Interventions

The trial will consist of kiosks in community locations where smokers go about their everday lives (such as shopping malls), which are staffed by trained quit coaches. People who smoke at least once per day, will be given the opportunity to sample a range of nicotine replacement therapies while being guided in the appropriate manner of using them by an expert coach. They can choose from the following products: Nicotine patch (21mg, 14mg, 7mg); nicotine gum (2mg, 4mg); nicotine lozenge (2mg, 1mg

The trial will consist of kiosks in community locations where smokers go about their everday lives (such as shopping malls), which are staffed by trained quit coaches. People who smoke at least once per day, will be given the opportunity to sample a range of nicotine replacement therapies while being guided in the appropriate manner of using them by an expert coach. They can choose from the following products: Nicotine patch (21mg, 14mg, 7mg); nicotine gum (2mg, 4mg); nicotine lozenge (2mg, 1mg); nicotine mouthspray (QuickMist) 1mg/spray; Nicorette Inhalator 15mg. They can choose to sample as many products as they wish, however, if participants have not voluntarily chosen to try wearing a patch, they will be gently encouraged to do so, although they can decline to try wearing a patch if they do not want to. If participatns wish, they may take a free sample of a week's worth of as many of the products as they want (however, they must be products that they have chosen to sample at the kiosk under supervision of an expert coach).

Sponsors

Ministry of Health
Lead SponsorGovernment body

Study design

Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

18 years or older, and report smoking daily

Exclusion criteria

Non-daily smokers

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026