Tobacco Status Project: Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

501 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-11-30

Brief Summary

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This randomized clinical trial will test the efficacy of a Facebook intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model (Prochaska and DiClemente) and US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines with young adults who smoke cigarettes who are age 18 to 25 (N=480).

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Detailed Description

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Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention tailored to readiness to quit smoking; or (2) the control condition (referral to the Smokefree.gov website). The intervention will include 12 weeks of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' stage of change.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking patterns and thoughts about abstinence. 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.

Conditions

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Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Facebook intervention

Assignment to private group on Facebook with 3 months of content delivered to the group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Facebook intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly Ask the Doctor sessions

Referral

Referral to smokefree.gov website

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smokefree.gov

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

referral to the NCI Smokefree.gov website

Interventions

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Facebook intervention

90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly Ask the Doctor sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Smokefree.gov

referral to the NCI Smokefree.gov website

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ages 18-25 years old
* english literate
* have access to Smartphone or computer with camera
* indicate they go on Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
* have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 3 or more days of the week

Exclusion Criteria

* do not read English
* younger than 18 or older than 25 years of age
* do not have access to a Smartphone or computer with a camera
* only go on Facebook 3 or fewer days a week
* have smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime or do not currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 3 or more days of the week

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes