Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Firefighters

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smokeless Tobacco Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: #EnufSnuff.TXT- First Responder; Behavioral: Enough Snuff Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05111041
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

The investigators are asking professional firefighters across North Carolina to take part in focus groups to discuss the specific needs of firefighters in smokeless tobacco cessation. About 40 firefighters will take part in the focus groups.

The purpose of the focus groups is to learn how firefighting and shift work impact smokeless tobacco use and risk perceptions related to chew or dip. Using their feedback, the study team will then develop a cessation program specifically geared towards firefighters and first responders.

The cessation program will be a mobile text / chat intervention specifically tailored to needs of firefighters and first responders who wish to stop using smokeless tobacco. About 50 firefighters and first responders will take part in this program, while being randomized into either the intervention group or the control group.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-08
• Study Start: 2022-01-25
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-10
• Study Completion: 2024-01-10
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Results First Submitted: 2024-11-20
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-11-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-20
• Results First Posted: 2024-12-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Professional firefighters or first responders
• 18 years or older
• Have used smokeless tobacco for the past year and current (past 30 days) smokeless tobacco daily use
• Access to a smartphone

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Exclusion Criteria

• Not a professional firefighter or first responder
• Under 18 years of age
• Have not used smokeless tobacco for the past year and are not current (past 30 days) smokeless tobacco daily use
• No access to a smartphone

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
#EnufSnuff.TXT- First Responder	#EnufSnuff.TXT- First Responder	Participants in this group will receive a mobile gradual smokeless tobacco reduction intervention
Enough Snuff Intervention	Enough Snuff Intervention	Participants in this group will receive tobacco cessation materials

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of First Responders Recruited Who Completed a Screening Assessment	Within 3 months of the initiation of study recruitment
First Responders Who Met the Study Eligibility Criteria, Were Enrolled, and Randomized to a Treatment Arm	Within 3 months of the initiation of study recruitment
Percent of Participants Engaged With the Program as Measured by Completion of the End of Program Questionnaire	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Study engagement defined as completing the End of Intervention Program assessment.
Number of Participants Who Stated Intervention Was Useful as Measured by Questionnaire	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Usefulness was measured on a scale of 1-5, where 1=Not at all useful, 2=Somewhat useful, 3=Undecided, 4=Very useful, 5=Extremely useful. Ratings were dichotomized for the analysis as 0=no (not at all, somewhat, undecided) or 1=yes (very, extremely useful).
Number of Participants Who Stated That #EnufSnuff.TXT Intervention Was Helpful as Measured by Questionnaire	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Helpfulness was measured on a scale of 1-5 where 1=not at all, 2=somewhat, 3=Undecided, 4=very, 5=extremely. Ratings were dichotomized for the analysis as 0=no (not at all, somewhat, undecided) and 1=yes (very, extremely).
Number of Participants Who Stated Intervention Made Them Consider Quitting as Measured by Questionnaire	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Considered quitting was measured on a scale of 1-5, where 1=Not at all useful, 2=Somewhat useful, 3=Undecided, 4=Very useful, 5=Extremely useful. Ratings were dichotomized for the analysis as 0=no (not at all, somewhat, undecided) or 1=yes (very, extremely useful).
Number of Participants Who Stated They Would Recommend Program to a Friend as Measured by Questionnaire	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Recommend to friend was measured on a scale of 1-5, where 1=Not at all useful, 2=Somewhat useful, 3=Undecided, 4=Very useful, 5=Extremely useful. Ratings were then dichotomized for the analysis as 0=no (not at all, somewhat, undecided) or 1=yes (very, extremely useful).
Number of Participants Who Quit Smokeless Tobacco Measured by Self Report	30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention	Quit was determined by the self-report response (yes or no) to the question, "In the past 7 days, have you used any dip?"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States