The Positively Quit Trial for Smoking Cessation

Description

The main goal of the present study is to determine if a smoking cessation program designed for people living with certain chronic conditions and delivered via videoconferencing groups works better than a control condition--a program that is not designed to help with smoking but that does have the same number of group contact hours as the other program (this program is called the Attention Matched Control condition; AMC) for helping people with certain health conditions stop smoking. People in both groups will receive brief advice to quit and an offer of nicotine replacement therapy patches (NRT), as well as 12 videoconferencing group sessions. The team will measure smoking behavior over a one-year period and compare smoking rates for the treatment condition against AMC to see if the treatment condition is better at getting people living with certain health conditions to quit smoking.

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking

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Study overview

The main goal of the present study is to determine if a smoking cessation program designed for people living with certain chronic conditions and delivered via videoconferencing groups works better than a control condition--a program that is not designed to help with smoking but that does have the same number of group contact hours as the other program (this program is called the Attention Matched Control condition; AMC) for helping people with certain health conditions stop smoking. People in both groups will receive brief advice to quit and an offer of nicotine replacement therapy patches (NRT), as well as 12 videoconferencing group sessions. The team will measure smoking behavior over a one-year period and compare smoking rates for the treatment condition against AMC to see if the treatment condition is better at getting people living with certain health conditions to quit smoking.

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The Positively Quit Trial for Smoking Cessation

Condition
Cigarette Smoking
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Tampa

University of South Florida, College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * greater than or equal to age 18 (as NRT is not FDA approved for adolescents)
  • * self-report smoking cigarettes
  • * positive cotinine test
  • * motivated to quit
  • * own a smart phone, laptop, desktop, or tablet computer
  • * able to join group from a private space with Internet access
  • * demonstrate the ability to connect to the HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing system, Zoom, over the internet h) speak English i) living in the US j) living with certain health conditions
  • * pregnant, breastfeeding, or have other contraindications to NRT
  • * receiving other tobacco treatment, or
  • * inability to communicate coherently in English during the video-conferencing test or other pre-enrollment interactions

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of South Florida,

Stephanie L Marhefka, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of South Florida

Study Record Dates

2026-07-31