Offering Nicotine Patches to All Households in a Municipality With High Smoking Rates
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Cessation
- Registration Number
- NCT04534231
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Brief Summary
One municipality with high smoking rates will be selected. A coupon for free-of-charge nicotine patches will be sent to each household. Reductions in the number of people smoking in the chosen municipality from before to after the NRT distribution will be estimated
- Detailed Description
A coupon offering five weeks of free nicotine patches will be mailed to every household in a small municipality with elevated smoking rates. Up to 800 participants (one per household) will be able to redeem their coupon online or by phone, and receive nicotine patches via postal mail. Participants will be asked to complete a baseline survey containing items relevant to predicting smoking cessation. Participants will be asked to complete a six-month follow-up survey to assess changes in smoking status.
Research Question: Will the concentrated distribution of nicotine patches in a region of high smoking rates lead to large reductions in smoking rates?
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 123
- speak and understand English
- 18 years or older
- smoke 10 or more cigarettes per day for at least 3 months
- health contraindications for using nicotine patches without supervision of a doctor (e.g. allergy to tape, pregnant or intending to become pregnant, currently breastfeeding, serious heart or circulation problems not including high blood pressure)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 30-day pint prevalence abstinence 6 months No smoking of cigarettes in the past 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada