Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking, Tobacco, Tobacco Dependence, Tobacco Smoking, Tobacco Use, Tobacco Use Cessation, Tobacco Use Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Tobacco, Gender Identity Minority, Sexual Identity Minority, Cessation, Intervention, Young Adults, Social Media, Internet, Cigarette
Brief summary
The 2-year research plan will test the Put It Out Project (POP) in a pilot randomized trial (N=120) compared to TSP and two historical control conditions. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities, and use Facebook. The primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 mos.
Detailed description
Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 3-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 90 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking. Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva cotinine test kits that will be mailed to participants.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPOP:
90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly live sessions targeting tobacco use and tailored to sexual and gender minority young adults
BEHAVIORALTSP:
90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly live sessions targeting tobacco use
Sponsors
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* read English * between 18 and 25 years of age * indicate they use Facebook most (≥ 4) days per week * have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week * identifies as SGM
Exclusion criteria
* do not read English * are not between 18 and 25 years of age * indicate they do not use Facebook most (≥ 4) days per week * have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week * does not identify as SGM
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months | 3 months post baseline | Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded. |
| 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months | 6 months post baseline | Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50% | 3 and 6 months post baseline | Reduction will be assessed at 3 and 6 month follow-ups. |
| Tobacco use quit attempts | 3 and 6 months post baseline | Whether a quit attempt was made during the follow-up period at 3 and 6 months post-baseline. |
| Readiness to quit tobacco | 3 and 6 months post baseline | Proportion of participants ready to quit smoking in the next month assessed at 3 and 6 months |
| Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence | 3 and 6 months post baseline | Desire to quit, abstinence self-efficacy, perceived difficulty of quitting and abstinence goal |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed