Promoting smoking cessation through the Quit and Win contest - comparing telephone brief advice, SMS message, and self-help approaches to smoking cessation

Promoting smoking cessation through the Quit and Win contest: a randomized controlled trial comparing telephone brief advice, SMS message, and self-help approaches to smoking cessation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN09271028

Enrollment

1290

Registered

2012-07-31

Start date

2009-05-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Promoting smoking cessation Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco

Interventions

TEL intervention group: Study participants who are randomized to the TEL group will receive a proactive call from our trained smoking cessation counselor within 2 days after their consent to the RCT.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above 2. Smoke at least one cigarette per day in the past 6 months 3. Able to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese 4. Have a mobile phone to receive SMS

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Smokers who are psychologically or physically unable to communicate 2. Currently following other forms of smoking cessation programme

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
RCT of smoking cessation interventions: Self-reported 7-day point prevalence (pp) quit rate measured at 6 months. Process evaluation of Quit and Win Contest: 1. Number of people who visited the exhibition 2. Number of leaflets distributed 3. Number of people who visited the smoking cessation booth 4. Number of smoking cessation self-help materials distributed 5. Number of people interested in joining the Quit and Win Contest 6. Number of eligible participants 7. Number of eligible participants enrolled into the contest 8. Number of eligible participants consenting to the RCT study	—

Measure

Time frame

RCT of smoking cessation interventions: Self-reported 7-day point prevalence (pp) quit rate measured at 6 months. Process evaluation of Quit and Win Contest: 1. Number of people who visited the exhibition 2. Number of leaflets distributed 3. Number of people who visited the smoking cessation booth 4. Number of smoking cessation self-help materials distributed 5. Number of people interested in joining the Quit and Win Contest 6. Number of eligible participants 7. Number of eligible participants enrolled into the contest 8. Number of eligible participants consenting to the RCT study

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Biochemically validated quit rate at 6 months 2. Self-reported 7-day pp quit rates at 2 and 12 months 3. Rate of smoking reduction by at least of half 4. Number of quit attempts at 2, 6 and 12 months	—

Countries

Hong Kong

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026