Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to develop smoking health risk messaging targeted to adults who smoke some days, but not smoke every day (nondaily). The main purpose is to learn what type of smoking health risk messages will be most likely to encourage adults nondaily to quit completely. Aim 1will iteratively obtain qualitative feedback from adults smoking nondaily on initial message designs, resulting in 12 final messages. Aim 2 will test message properties using a 2 (health vs. social messages) x 2 (positive vs. negative messages) between subjects design to ascertain which messages promote proximal outcomes associated with quitting cigarettes (e.g., new knowledge, risk perceptions, motivation and intentions to quit).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTargeted Smoking Messages
Participants will view 3 messages within the assigned condition (PH, PS, NH, NS) in a random order. Each message will be displayed for a minimum of 30 seconds.
Sponsors
Bethany Shorey Fennell, PhD
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* individuals that report smoking at least one combustible cigarette per day on 4-28 days in the past 30 days * able to read/write in English * able to give informed consent * no history of daily smoking
Exclusion criteria
* enrolled in smoking cessation treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Knowledge | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Knowledge will be assessed with items based on the ITC-4 (International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey) that map onto information presented in the messages (e.g., "Does smoking cause…" heart disease, lung cancer in others; Yes, No, I don't know) |
| Change in Worry | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Worry will be assessed with 4 items, "How \[worried, anxious, fearful, concerned\] are you about the effects of smoking?" (1=Not at all, 7=Extremely). |
| Change in Risk perception | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Risk perceptions will be assessed with 3 items, "If you \[don't/do\] quit smoking for good, what are your chances of ever developing a smoking-related health problem?" and "How susceptible do you feel you are to developing a smoking-related health problem?" (1=Lowest susceptibility, 7=Highest susceptibility). These will be averaged to form a measure of personal absolute risk |
| Change in the Contemplation Ladder | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Motivation to quit will be measured with the Contemplation Ladder, rating the position on an 11-rung ladder (0-10) corresponding to stages from "no thought of quitting" (0) to "taking action" (10) |
| Change in the Motivation to Stop Scale | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Motivation to quit will be measured with the Motivation to Stop Scale, Level of motivation to stop smoking is measured with seven response categories ranging from 1 (lowest) to level 7 (highest level of motivation to stop smoking) |
| Change in intention to quit | Baseline and post-intervention (approximately 1 hour) | Intention to quit will be measured with the question "What best describes your intent to stop smoking completely, not even a puff?" (1=Never expect to quit, 4=Will quit in the next 30 days) |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORBethany Shorey Fennell, PhD
University of Kentucky
Outcome results
None listed