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Conference Paper: Effectiveness of Delivering Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sample at Outdoor Smoking Hotspots on Quit Attempts: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Title | Effectiveness of Delivering Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sample at Outdoor Smoking Hotspots on Quit Attempts: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong. |
Citation | The 7th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, Hong Kong, 18-19 December 2017 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background and Objectives: We have shown that promoting smoking cessation at outdoor smoking hotspots
is feasible and efficacious to recruit smokers for further smoking cessation interventions. We examined
whether a free 1-week nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) sample would motivate adult smokers, who were
recruited at smoking hotspots, to use NRT and quit.
Methods: This was a pilot single-blinded, 2-group (1:1) randomized controlled trial on adult smokers
recruited at outdoor smoking hotspots from July 2015 to January 2016. We trained university students to
recruit smokers and deliver interventions. Smokers who smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day and deemed
appropriate for using NRT were individually randomized to receive 1-week free NRT gum or patch, and a brief
advice on using NRT (intervention, n=50), or just an advice to purchase on their own or obtain from existing
smoking cessation services (control, n=50). The primary outcome was self-reported quit attempts (no smoking
for at least 24 hours) in the past 30 days at 1- and 3-month telephone follow-up.
Results: The intervention group had a greater rate of using NRT by the first month (38% versus 6%, Crude
prevalence ratio (PR) = 6.33, 95% CI 2.00-20.18) and quit attempts than the control group at 1- (14% versus
10%; PR = 1.40, 95% CI 0.47-4.14) and 3-month follow-up (20% versus 8%; PR = 2.50, 95% CI 0.83-7.49).
Within the intervention group, use of NRT at 1-month follow-up predicted quit attempts at 3-month follow-up
(42% versus 16%, PRadj = 2.61, 95% CI 0.99-6.89). The 7-day point prevalence of abstinence at 6-month
follow-up in the two groups was the same (8%).
Conclusions: This study has shown proof-of-concept evidence that 1-week free NRT sample could motivate
NRT use and quit attempts in the adult smokers. Larger trials with more strategies for long-term NRT use and
quitting outcomes are warranted. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/251538 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheung, YTD | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, MP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, WHC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-01T03:40:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-01T03:40:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 7th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, Hong Kong, 18-19 December 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/251538 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background and Objectives: We have shown that promoting smoking cessation at outdoor smoking hotspots is feasible and efficacious to recruit smokers for further smoking cessation interventions. We examined whether a free 1-week nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) sample would motivate adult smokers, who were recruited at smoking hotspots, to use NRT and quit. Methods: This was a pilot single-blinded, 2-group (1:1) randomized controlled trial on adult smokers recruited at outdoor smoking hotspots from July 2015 to January 2016. We trained university students to recruit smokers and deliver interventions. Smokers who smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day and deemed appropriate for using NRT were individually randomized to receive 1-week free NRT gum or patch, and a brief advice on using NRT (intervention, n=50), or just an advice to purchase on their own or obtain from existing smoking cessation services (control, n=50). The primary outcome was self-reported quit attempts (no smoking for at least 24 hours) in the past 30 days at 1- and 3-month telephone follow-up. Results: The intervention group had a greater rate of using NRT by the first month (38% versus 6%, Crude prevalence ratio (PR) = 6.33, 95% CI 2.00-20.18) and quit attempts than the control group at 1- (14% versus 10%; PR = 1.40, 95% CI 0.47-4.14) and 3-month follow-up (20% versus 8%; PR = 2.50, 95% CI 0.83-7.49). Within the intervention group, use of NRT at 1-month follow-up predicted quit attempts at 3-month follow-up (42% versus 16%, PRadj = 2.61, 95% CI 0.99-6.89). The 7-day point prevalence of abstinence at 6-month follow-up in the two groups was the same (8%). Conclusions: This study has shown proof-of-concept evidence that 1-week free NRT sample could motivate NRT use and quit attempts in the adult smokers. Larger trials with more strategies for long-term NRT use and quitting outcomes are warranted. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong International Nursing Forum | - |
dc.title | Effectiveness of Delivering Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sample at Outdoor Smoking Hotspots on Quit Attempts: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cheung, YTD: takderek@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, MP: mpwang@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, WHC: william3@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheung, YTD=rp02262 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, MP=rp01863 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, WHC=rp00528 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 284096 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |