A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers (POP)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Dependence; Smoking, Cigarette; Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder; Smoking, Tobacco; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: TSP:; Behavioral: POP:

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03259360

K23DA032578 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

PA-15-263

R21MD011765 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 165 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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165 participants in 2 patient groups

The Put It Out Project (POP):

Experimental group

Description:

a culturally tailored intervention developed for SGM young adults on Facebook

Treatment:

Behavioral: POP:

Tobacco Status Project (TSP):

Experimental group

Description:

the original TSP intervention (non-tailored) delivered to groups of only SGM participants on Facebook

Treatment:

Behavioral: TSP: