Tobacco Tactics Website for Operating Engineers (BCBSM-OE)

University of Michigan

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Tobacco Use Cessation; Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Tobacco Tactics Web-Based Intervention; Other: 1-800-QUIT-NOW Telephone Hotline

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01124110

N011646 - 1465.RFP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a clustered randomized control trial to test the Tobacco Tactics intervention among Operating Engineers (heavy equipment workers). The intervention group will be directed to the Tobacco Tactics website, and the control group will be directed to the state supported 1-800 quit-now telephone hotline during routine annual safety training that all Operating Engineers are required to attend. The web-based quitting intervention includes provision of over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy and will be followed by nurse email and/or telephone counseling. It is expected that Operating Engineers who are randomized to the Tobacco Tactics website intervention will have at least equal or greater decreases in smoking at 30-day and 6-month follow-up compared to those randomized to the 1-800-QUIT-NOW quit line. In addition, the investigators expect to find that Operating Engineers randomized to the Tobacco Tactics website intervention will: a) be able to accomplish tasks; b) be able to accomplish goals with skill and speed; c) be able to operate the system; d) be satisfied with the website; e) access the site repeatedly; and f) spend time on the site during the intervention period.

Enrollment: 232 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• attending a training session provided by the Operating Engineers Local 324 Education Center
• greater than 18 years of age
• smoked cigarettes in the past month
• interested in participating in a program to quit smoking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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232 participants in 2 patient groups

1-800-QUIT-NOW Telephone Hotline

Other group

Description:

The control group receives efficacious smoking cessation treatment via the 1-800-QUIT-NOW telephone hotline. The 1-800-QUIT-NOW hotline is a national program. The first time smokers call the hotline, they receive a personal coach who assists them in setting a quit date and making an individualized quit plan. The personal coach also provides on-going support with up to five telephone coaching sessions around the caller's quit date.

Treatment:

Other: 1-800-QUIT-NOW Telephone Hotline

Tobacco Tactics Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention contains a website, medications, and nurse counseling.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tobacco Tactics Web-Based Intervention