A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 165
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The 2-year research plan will test the Put It Out Project (POP) in a pilot randomized trial (N=120) compared to TSP and two historical control conditions. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities, and use Facebook. The primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 mos.
Detailed Description
Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 3-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 90 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking.
Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. 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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 25 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •read English
- •between 18 and 25 years of age
- •indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
- •have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
- •identifies as SGM
Exclusion Criteria
- •do not read English
- •are not between 18 and 25 years of age
- •indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
- •have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
- •does not identify as SGM
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
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.
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.
Secondary Outcomes
- Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence(3 and 6 months post baseline)
- Readiness to quit tobacco(3 and 6 months post baseline)
- Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%(3 and 6 months post baseline)
- Tobacco use quit attempts(3 and 6 months post baseline)