Pilot Study of Communication for Dual Users of Cigarettes and E-cigarettes
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: communication.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Tobacco Products, Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarettes. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Designing and Evaluating Communication for Dual Users of E-cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes
Overview
The study is a pilot test of effectiveness of communication campaign ads on interest in quitting combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Over the course of 5 weeks, participants are sent ads that are designed to encourage quitting and then answer surveys.
Detailed description
Qualtrics Services will enroll 90 US adult dual users to participate in this study using existing panels. Inclusion criteria are current cigarette and e-cigarette use, age 18 or older, and ability read and answer questions in English, and willingness to receive text messages. Qualtrics will contact, screen, consent and randomize participants into 1 of 2 study arms: exposure to a 3 cycles of 6 ads encouraging them to quit smoking and vaping simultaneously or 6 ads encouraging them to quit sequentially (quitting smoking first followed by quitting vaping). The ads (one per day) are presented along with brief daily surveys. The primary outcome in intent to quit smoking.
Interventions
- Other communication
Participants view an image that is an ad designed to encourage them to quit their use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Primary outcome measures
- Cigarette quit intention [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- E-cigarette quit intention [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
- Cigarette quit attempts [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
- E-cigarette quit attempts [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
- Forgoing cigarettes [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
- Forgoing e-cigarettes [Time frame: Measured at baseline (Day 0) weekly surveys (Days 7, 14), post 1 survey (Day 21), and post 2 survey (Day 35)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- use cigarettes every day or some days
- use e-cigarettes every day or some days
- age 18 or older
- ability to read and answer questions in English
Exclusion criteria
- under age 18
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Recruitment is online and national, using existing Qualtrics survey panels — Chapel Hill
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07599462 · 25-2560 · K01CA253234