Evaluation of Adolescent Smoking Cessation Programs
- Conditions
- Smoking Status
- Registration Number
- NCT00714207
- Lead Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to determine if a school-based multi-session group smoking cessation program is more effective than a single session group program.
- Detailed Description
The investigators reformatted two group smoking cessation programs (the NOT program of the American Lung Association and Kicking Butts), both of which involve 50 minute sessions delivered once weekly, into a program that could be delivered during school lunch periods (25-30 minutes) twice weekly. Smoking status was subsequently assessed over the 12 month period following the intervention,
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 407
- Students who indicated they smoked cigarettes and wanted to quit
- Students referred as part of a disciplinary requirement to stop smoking
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self reported quit status (Student identifies self as non-smoker and no smoking for 30 days) End of program and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months later
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Salivary cotinine level End of program and 1, 6 and 12 months later
Trial Locations
- Locations (8)
Northwestern High School
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Walbrook High School
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Patterson High School
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Southern High School/Digital Harbor
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Long Reach High School
🇺🇸Columbia, Maryland, United States
Hammond High School
🇺🇸Columbia, Maryland, United States
Mount Hebron High School
🇺🇸Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Howard High School
🇺🇸Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Northwestern High School🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States