Quit and Fit: Teen Smoking Cessation

West Virginia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Use Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program; Behavioral: Physical Activity Module

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01242657

CDCU48/CCU310821

Details and patient eligibility

About

The long term goal of the study entitled "Quit & Fit" was to revise, evaluate, and disseminate the American Lung Association´s (ALA) teen smoking cessation program called Not On Tobacco (N-O-T), with an added physical activity module. The physical activity module was intended to encourage youth to adopt a more physically active lifestyle. Research showed that physical activity may increase the odds of smoking cessation. The general N-O-T program goals are to help adolescents quit smoking; reduce cigarette use (for participants who are unable to completely quit); increase healthy lifestyle behaviors; and improve life skills such as stress management, decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills. The primary aim of the current research project was to reduce smoking among West Virginia teens. A two-prong secondary aim was to (a) increase participants´ physical activity behavior by supplementing the intervention with a physical activity component and (b) assess the mediating/moderating impact of physical activity on cessation outcomes. If participants quit smoking, the likelihood that they will develop smoking-related diseases is diminished. Participating in this project may aid smoking cessation and therefore improve participants´ health. Research was conducted among 19 of the 123 West Virginia public high schools. 236 teens were recruited to participate in the study over 3 years. This study is a clinical behavioral trial using a 3-group design, with subsequent random assignment.

Enrollment: 236 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects will be eligible to participate in this study if they:

  1. Volunteer to participate
  2. Are between the ages of 14-18
  3. Obtain written parental consent•
  4. Provide written assent
  5. Report smoking on at least 1 day in the past 30 days
  6. Speak and understand English •NOTE: Teens ages 18 or older will provide consent rather than assent. Parental consent will not be required.

Exclusion criteria

• WV high schools will be excluded from participating in the research study if school enrollment does not meet or exceed 300 students in grades 9-12.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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236 participants in 3 patient groups

Brief Advice

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard of care arm with no intervention; includes standard communication regarding youth tobacco cessation such as a brief discussion and printed materials

Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Teens randomized to this arm participated in the N-O-T program, a proven teen cessation program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program

Quit & Fit

Experimental group

Description:

Teens randomized to this arm participated in the Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program with an added physical activity module.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program

Behavioral: Physical Activity Module