Smoking. We will include exclusive cigarette, exclusive waterpipe and dual cigarette/waterpipe smokers.
Conditions
Interventions
The research team will conduct a group-randomized trial comparing three arms: 1) Ask about tobacco use, advise to quit, assist with brief counseling (AAA) as standard care
2) Ask, advise, connect to phone-based counseling (AAC)
and 3) AAC+ nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Our central hypothesis is that connecting patients to phone-based counseling with NRT is the most effective alternative.
All patients will be screened for tobacco use, and offer brief cessation advice and counseling
Patients will be connected to phone counseling and will receive six sessions of telephone counseling
In addition to AAC, patients will be offered NRT.
AAC+NRT
Sponsors
University of Florida
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: - age =18 years - patient at a participating primary health care center with a visit in the past 6 months - daily smoker (= 5 cigarettes or =1 waterpipe session per day) - reachable by phone - interested in quitting - lives in Greater Beirut - able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - pregnant or nursing patients - patients for whom NRT is medically contraindicated - patients enrolled in other tobacco treatment programs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: Smoking abstinence;Timepoints: 6-month;Measure: Carbon monoxide confirmed-abstinence from smoking in the last 7 days prior to assessment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: Continuous abstinence;Timepoints: 1, 3, and 6 months;Measure: Self-reported measure;Name: 24-hour quit attempts;Timepoints: 1, 3, and 6 months;Measure: Self-reported measure;Name: Reduction in smoking ;Timepoints: 1, 3, and 6 months;Measure: Self-reported measure | — |
Countries
Lebanon
Contacts
Public ContactRuba Abla
AUB
Outcome results
None listed