Rural Smoking Cessation

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Drug: Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges; Drug: Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06584929

2024LS139

Details and patient eligibility

About

Understanding ways to help people who live in rural areas quit smoking is a public health priority. quitting smoking among rural people who smoke is a critical public health concern. People in rural areas smoke at higher rates than those in urban areas, experience high rates of smoking caused cancers and deaths. We are recruiting rural people from around the country to better understand how different quit smoking methods can improve a person's chances of successfully quitting smoking.

Full description

This is a SMART, where eligible rural people who smoke (RPWS) can be randomized up to two times to different resources/ways to help quit smoking. For each randomization, participants will use the assigned resources for 3 months, and partake in surveys at baseline, 1, and 3 months, during which they will be asked several questions related to use of resources, and smoking behavior. Carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaled breath will be collected at 3 months using iCO™ Smokerlyzer® (https://www.icoquit.com/us/) to determine biochemically confirmed abstinence.

Enrollment: 272 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 21 years
• smoke ≥ 5 cigarettes per day
• daily access to their own iPhone/Android smartphone or tablet

Exclusion criteria

• past 30-day NRT use or contraindications listed on the NRT labels
• currently pregnant/breastfeeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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272 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention Condition

Experimental group

Description:

Weekly text and email messages referring to Smokefree.gov, NRT Starter kit, free 2-week supply of patches (Nicoderm CQ in either 21 or 14 mg nicotine) and lozenges (Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges, Mint Flavor in either 4 or 2 mg nicotine) with NRT education plus referral to where to request more NRT.

Treatment:

Drug: Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch

Drug: Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges

Control Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Weekly text and email messages referring to Smokefree.gov

RHE - Intervention Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Weekly text and email messages on reduced harm or exposure (RHE) tobacco products.