Effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy sample at outdoor smoking hotspots for initiating quit attempts and use of smoking cessation services: a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Cheung, Yee Tak Derek; Chan, Ching Han Helen; Ho, Kin Sang; Tang, Celeste; Lau, Chloe Wing Hei; Wang, Man Ping; Lam, Tai Hing

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036339

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“…8,9 Existing studies in the literature to change the problematic health behaviors of young people regarding smoking quit are descriptive and short-term. [10][11][12][13][14] In the studies conducted, four smoking quit programs for young people are mentioned. These are counseling techniques, nicotine patch therapy, counseling, and technology (internetandtelephoneandcomputer) supported programs.…”

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The Effect of Peer Education on Decision-Making, Smoking-Promoting Factors, Self-Efficacy, Addiction, and Behavior Change in the Process of Quitting Smoking of Young People

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2021

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Purpose The study aims to examine the effect of peer education on the decision to quit smoking, factors that encourage smoking, self-efficacy, addiction, and behavior change in students who apply to the Youth Friendly Center to quit smoking. Participants and Methods This research is a Randomized Controlled Trials study. The experimental group consisted of students who were enrolled in the peer education course (n=759). The control group has consisted of students (n=1095) who did not enroll in this course. Results Participants in the experimental group to quit smoking, more than the control group (p>0,01). The addiction level of the participants in the experimental group, less than the participants in the control group (p>0,01). According to the scores of the participants in the control group of the participants in the experimental group, the factors that trigger smoking, and the benefit sub-dimension scores in the Decision Balance Scale were low. Loss sub-dimension scores, which show the losses from the harms of smoking, increased significantly in the Self-Efficacy Scale, Behavior Change Process Scale, and Decision Balance Scale (p>0,01). Conclusion Peer educators trained by the researcher and her team in the Youth Friendly Center Smoking Quit Program have an important effect in supporting/improving the cognitive and behavioral change processes of university students in smoking quit compared to those who do not receive an education. 94% success of the smoking quit program; Students’ voluntary application to receive professional support, students’ voluntary attendance of the treatment program for 6 months, strong communication and feedback, effective and functional professional counseling, and social support depend on strengthening the program with peer education. Especially with peer education, the development of leadership and role model characteristics made the smoking quit program preferred by students.

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The Effect of Peer Education on Decision-Making, Smoking-Promoting Factors, Self-Efficacy, Addiction, and Behavior Change in the Process of Quitting Smoking of Young People

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Direct Outreach in Bars and Clubs to Enroll Cigarette Smokers in Mobile Cessation Services: Exploratory Study

Chalela¹,

McAlister²,

Despres³

et al. 2022

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Background Cigarette smoking and alcohol use are well known to be concomitant behaviors, but there is a lack of studies related to recruitment of smokers for mobile cessation services at places where alcohol is consumed, such as bars and clubs. Adapting recruitment strategies to expand the reach of cessation programs to where tobacco users are located may help decrease the health-equity gap in tobacco control by improving reach and enrollment of underserved smokers residing in low-income and rural areas who are not reached by traditional cessation services. Objective The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the feasibility of direct outreach in bars, clubs, and restaurants to recruit smokers to Quitxt, our mobile smoking cessation service. Quitxt is delivered through SMS text messaging or Facebook Messenger. Methods We collaborated with an advertising agency to conduct in-person recruitment of young adult smokers aged 18-29 years, focusing on urban and rural Spanish-speaking Latino participants, as well as English-speaking rural White and African American participants. Street team members were recruited and trained in a 4-hour session, including a brief introduction to the public health impacts of cigarette smoking and the aims of the project. The street teams made direct, face-to-face contact with smokers in and near smoking areas at 25 bars, clubs, and other venues frequented by young smokers in urban San Antonio and nearby rural areas. Results The 3923 interactions by the street teams produced 335 (8.5%) program enrollments. Most participants were English speakers with a mean age of 29.2 (SD 10.6) years and smoked a mean of 8.5 (SD 6.2) cigarettes per day. Among users who responded to questions on gender and ethnicity, 66% (70/106) were women and 56% (60/107) were Hispanic/Latino. Among users ready to make a quit attempt, 22% (17/77) reported 1 tobacco-free day and 16% (10/62) reported maintaining cessation to achieve 1 week without smoking. The response rate to later follow-up questions was low. Conclusions Direct outreach in bars and clubs is a useful method for connecting young adult cigarette smokers with mobile cessation services. However, further research is needed to learn more about how mobile services can influence long-term smoking cessation among those recruited through direct outreach, as well as to test the use of incentives in obtaining more useful response rates.

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Direct Outreach in Bars and Clubs to Enroll Cigarette Smokers in Mobile Cessation Services: Exploratory Study (Preprint)

Chalela¹,

McAlister²,

Despres³

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND Quitxt is a mobile smoking cessation service delivered through text messaging (SMS) and Facebook Messenger chat. Cigarette smoking and alcohol use are well known to be concomitant behaviors, however there is a lack of studies related to recruitment of smokers for mobile cessation services at places where alcohol is consumed, such as bars and clubs. Adapting recruitment strategies to expand the program reach where tobacco users are may help decrease the gap in health equity among minorities. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the feasibility of direct outreach at bars, clubs and restaurants to as a strategy to recruit smokers to our mobile Quitxt program. METHODS We collaborated with an advertising agency to recruit young adult smokers aged 18-29, focusing on urban & rural Spanish speaking Latinos, as well as English speaking rural Caucasians and African Americans. Street team members were recruited and trained in a four-hour session including a brief introduction to the public health importance of cigarette smoking and the aims of the project. The street team made face to face contact with smokers in and near smoking areas in 25 bars, clubs, and other venues frequented by young smokers in urban San Antonio and nearby rural areas. RESULTS The 3,923 interactions by street teams produced 317 program enrollments (8%). Most participants were English speakers with a mean age of 29 years, 63% were women, about 57% were Hispanic/Latino, with a mean of 8 cigarettes smoked per day. Among users ready to make a quit attempt, 26% reported one tobacco free day and 15% reported maintaining cessation to achieve one week without smoking. Response rate to later follow-up questions were low. CONCLUSIONS Direct outreach in bars and clubs is a useful method for connecting young adult cigarette smokers with mobile cessation services. However, to learn more about how mobile services can influence long term smoking cessation, incentives are evidently required to obtain useful response rates. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

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Effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy sample at outdoor smoking hotspots for initiating quit attempts and use of smoking cessation services: a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

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The Effect of Peer Education on Decision-Making, Smoking-Promoting Factors, Self-Efficacy, Addiction, and Behavior Change in the Process of Quitting Smoking of Young People

The Effect of Peer Education on Decision-Making, Smoking-Promoting Factors, Self-Efficacy, Addiction, and Behavior Change in the Process of Quitting Smoking of Young People

Direct Outreach in Bars and Clubs to Enroll Cigarette Smokers in Mobile Cessation Services: Exploratory Study

Direct Outreach in Bars and Clubs to Enroll Cigarette Smokers in Mobile Cessation Services: Exploratory Study (Preprint)

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