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NCT Number: NCT04489524

Smoking Cessation in NYC

The investigators tested the feasibility of a culturally and linguistically sensitive smoking cessation program with combined counseling and pharmacological components for Chinese smokers in New York City; identified factors and techniques that enhance the administration and appropriateness of the intervention program; and examined the effectiveness of this program on quit attempts, quit rates, and overall smoking reduction.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year–110 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Primary eligibility criterion for inclusion in the study cohort was current smoking status. Other inclusion criteria were:
  • self-identification as ethnic Chinese,
  • aged 18 years and older,
  • having smoked or puffed on a cigarette during the previous week,
  • willingness to participate in the smoking cessation study,
  • access to a functional telephone,
  • expected presence in the study geographic area for a year or more, and
  • not having been enrolled in the past or at the current time in any smoking cessation treatment programs.

Exclusion criteria

  • being currently pregnant and
  • having had a recent diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.

Treatment and study plan

individualized counselor-led MI sessions

Behavioral

Intervention consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self help smoking cessation materials.

general health education session

Behavioral

four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco.

NRT

Behavioral

nicotine replacement therapy

Primary outcomes

  1. change in smoking behavior

    Time frame: baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month

    participants were asked whether they had smoked or had a puff on a cigarette and the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 7 days at multiple assessment points.

  2. change in Carbon monoxide (CO) concentration

    Time frame: baseline, 6-month follow-up

    CO, a biomarker of smoking status, was assessed at baseline and 6-m follow up

  3. change in the stages of smoking cessation

    Time frame: baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month

    According to Prochaska and DiClemente ' s Stages of Change model, the stages are: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. It's an ordinal variable that measured at multiple assessment points

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Temple University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

A Feasibility Study of Culturally Tailored Smoking Cessation for Chinese Smokers in New York City

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Jul 28, 2020
Registry last updated
Apr 13, 2023

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