Healthy daily smoking young adults aged 18-26 years MedDRA version: 14.1 Level: PT Classification code 10053325 Term: Smoking cessation therapy System Organ Class: 10042613 - Surgical and medical procedures
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -healthy daily smokers aged 18-26 years -motivation to quit smoking and to attend the 12 months follow-up -dailys smoker has smoked at least 1cig/day daily during the last month and has smoked at least 100 cig ever -a non-smoker has not smoked during the last month and has smoked ever less than 50cig -minor allergies or mild asthma without daily medication is acceptable -healthy non-smokers Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 300 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - any chronic disease with daily medication -known allergy to study medications(varenicline,nicotine patch,nicotine gum) -any substance and /or alcohol abuse -gravidity or plan to become pregnant during the study period -lactation period of women -drop-outs are counted as current smokers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: To evaluate smoking habits, prevalence of smoking and smoking cessation in young daily smokers. ;Secondary Objective: To assess the effectiveness of different aids used in smoking cessation of the study objectives;Primary end point(s): To measure the continuous abstinence rate | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary end point(s): To assess the abstinence by urine cotinine testing | — |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
Lapland Hospital District/ Lapland Central Hospital