Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Smoking, Cellular phones, Low income population
Brief summary
To study ownership and use of cell phones in low-income smokers. This may help us better understand the impact of cell phone ownership plans on low income smokers' access to quitlines. Use of quitlines may be impeded by limited access to landline phones and limited airtime minutes on cell phones.
Interventions
OTHERCell Phone Survey
Eight item survey for smokers being treated in the YNHH Emergency Dept. The survey asks about the type of cell phone(s) subjects have, how much they pay for cell service monthly, housing status, and if they receive any benefit that would qualify them for the Lifeline program.
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Yale University
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18 or over * speak and understand English * willing and able to give informed consent * have smoked more than 100 cigarettes lifetime * are currently a daily or some day smoker
Exclusion criteria
* too ill or unable to consent * not interested in participation * actively psychotic or mentally ill and unable to give consent * in police custody * resides in an extended care facility.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of participants with lifeline wireless phones | baseline | The proportion of participants who have lifeline wireless phones (AKA Medicaid phones). |
| proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes | baseline | The proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance. |
| proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes | baseline | The proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance status. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed