A trial to assess the benefit of offering an e-cigarette starter kit to smokers attempting to stop smoking with varenicline

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Tobacco smoking cessation; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16931827
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London

Brief Summary

2019 Preprint results in https://osf.io/vxw8r/ Protocol (not peer reviewed) (added 03/09/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35738868/ (added 08/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2022
• Study Completion: 2023-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 18 years or older
2. Smoker
3. Attending SSS one-to-one specialist support in London LAs
4. Proficient in English
5. Firm target quit date
6. Elect to use varenicline to support quit attempt
7. Willing to try e-cigarettes

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant
2. Breastfeeding

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking abstinence, self-reported between weeks 9-12 from the target quit date and validated by an expired air CO concentration of below 10 ppm at week 12