Tobacco Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
smoking, tobacco, nicotine replacement therapy, lay counsellor
Brief summary
The aim of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of 1-week nicotine replacement therapy sampling delivered by lay counsellors in promoting smoking cessation in smokers in the community.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL1-week nicotine replacement therapy sampling
Participants will be given an 1-week sample of nicotine replacement therapy (patch or gum) with brief instructions on how to use the product
BEHAVIORALBrief cessation advice
Participants will receive brief cessation advice following the AWARD (ask, warn, advise, refer, do-it-again) model: A: Ask about the tobacco use status; W: Warn about the hazards of tobacco use; A: Advise the smokers to quit; R: Refer the smokers to cessation services; D: Do-it-again
Sponsors
Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
The University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Hong Kong residents aged 18 years or above 2. Smoke cigarette or heated tobacco product or e-cigarette daily in the past 3 months 3. Exhaled carbon monoxide level ≥4 part per million or a positive salivary cotinine test 4. Able to communicate in and read Chinese 5. Have a local contact number
Exclusion criteria
1. Participating in another smoking cessation programme or using any smoking cessation drug or nicotine replacement therapy 2. Pregnant or breastfeeding 3. Recent (≤ 2 weeks) angina, cardiac arrhythmia or heart attacks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence | 6 months | Verified by a negative salivary cotinine test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence | 3 months | — |
| Self-reported 24-hour quit attempt | 3 months | — |
| Self-reported use of nicotine replacement therapy product | 3 months | — |
| Self-reported use of smoking cessation service | 3 months | — |
| Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence | 3 months | Verified by a negative salivary cotinine test |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in motivation to quit from baseline through 6-month follow-up | 6 months | — |
| Change in motivation to quit from baseline through 3-month follow-up | 3 months | — |
| Self-reported reduction of tobacco consumption | 3 months | Smoking reduction by at least half of the baseline daily number of cigarettes |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactTzu Tsun Luk, PhD, RN
Backup ContactSik Kwan Chan, PhD
Outcome results
None listed