Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT02207036

Tobacco Status Project: Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers

This randomized clinical trial will test the efficacy of a Facebook intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model (Prochaska and DiClemente) and US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines with young adults who smoke cigarettes who are age 18 to 25 (N=480).

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Smoking Behavior

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

About this study

Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention tailored to readiness to quit smoking; or (2) the control condition (referral to the Smokefree.gov website). The intervention will include 12 weeks of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' stage of change.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking patterns and thoughts about abstinence. 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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • ages 18-25 years old
  • english literate
  • have access to Smartphone or computer with camera
  • indicate they go on Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
  • have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 3 or more days of the week

Exclusion criteria

  • do not read English
  • younger than 18 or older than 25 years of age
  • do not have access to a Smartphone or computer with a camera
  • only go on Facebook 3 or fewer days a week
  • have smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime or do not currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 3 or more days of the week

Treatment and study plan

Facebook intervention

Behavioral

90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly Ask the Doctor sessions

Smokefree.gov

Behavioral

referral to the NCI Smokefree.gov website

Primary outcomes

  1. 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months

    Time frame: 3 months post baseline

    Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

  2. 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months

    Time frame: 6 months post baseline

    Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

  3. 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 12 months

    Time frame: 12 months post baseline

    Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 12 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50% between Baseline and each follow-up timepoint

    Time frame: 3, 6, and 12 months post baseline

    Reduction will be assessed at 3, 6, and 12 month follow-ups.

  2. Quit attempts

    Time frame: 3, 6, and 12 month post-baseline

    Quit attempt during the follow-up period at 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline.

Other outcomes

  1. Health risk behaviors

    Time frame: 3, 6, and 12 months post baseline

    We will assess prevalence rates of health risk behaviors other than smoking including recent alcohol and illicit drug use, poor sleep quality, sedentary behavior, poor diet, depression, and high risk sexual behavior.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Official study title

Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers

Acronym: TSP

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Aug 1, 2014
Registry last updated
May 8, 2017

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.