Motivation Project: Testing Intervention Components for the Smoker Who is Unwilling to Quit
NCT ID: NCT02354872
Last Updated: 2020-09-22
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE4
577 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-01-31
2019-03-19
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, BA
1; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, No BA
2; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, No BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, BA
3; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, No BA
4; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, No BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, BA
5; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, No BA
6; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, No BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, BA
7; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, No BA
8; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, No BA
Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
No Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, BA
9; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, BA
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
No Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, No BA
10; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, BR, 5Rs, No BA
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
No Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, BA
11; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, BA
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
No Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, No BA
12; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, BR, No 5Rs, No BA
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, BA
13; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, BA
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, No BA
14; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, 5Rs, No BA
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, BA
15; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, BA
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, No BA
16; This arm of the project will address the following question: How effective is the following intervention? No Mini-Lozenge, No BR, No 5Rs, No BA
No Treatment
No Treatment
Interventions
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Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.
Behavioral Reduction Counseling
We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.
5Rs Motivation Counseling
The 5Rs Motivation Counseling will be delivered in four (10-15 min) sessions over a 52-week period. Participants in the "on" condition will receive three brief phone sessions over the year to prompt processing of motives for smoking reduction or cessation. The health counselor and smoker will discuss: 1) Relevance of smoking to the individual; 2) Risks of continued heavy smoking; 3) Rewards of quitting and significant reduction; and 4) Roadblocks to success; and will do so on a 5) Repeated basis. The discussion will follow the general principles of MI: counselors will use strategies that are nonauthoritarian, nonconfrontational, supportive, and use open-ended questions.
Behavioral Activation Counseling
The BA treatment will be delivered in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period starting with Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. This BA treatment will be modeled after Behavioral Activation for quitting smoking, but made relevant for smoking reduction. Treatment goals focus on helping participants engage in positively reinforcing activities while not smoking. The treatment includes: 1) a rationale for the BA exercises as they relate to smoking (e.g., engaging in non-smoking reinforcers will provide other sources of pleasure and assist with cutting down); 2) assessment of the participant's goals, values, and reinforcing value of current nonsmoking activities; 3) training in self-monitoring using an activity log; 4) ongoing assignments of activities that should significantly increase the participant's nonsmoking reinforcement and create broader lifestyle and cue exposure changes; and 5) problem-solving to address obstacles to goal attainment.
No Treatment
No Treatment
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Penn State University
OTHER
University of Illinois at Chicago
OTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Michael C Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health
Jessica Cook, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health
Robin Mermelstein, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Locations
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University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Countries
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References
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Cook JW, Baker TB, Fiore MC, Collins LM, Piper ME, Schlam TR, Bolt DM, Smith SS, Zwaga D, Jorenby DE, Mermelstein R. Evaluating four motivation-phase intervention components for use with primary care patients unwilling to quit smoking: a randomized factorial experiment. Addiction. 2021 Nov;116(11):3167-3179. doi: 10.1111/add.15528. Epub 2021 May 19.
Related Links
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University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health
Other Identifiers
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A534252
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
SMPH\MEDICINE\TOBACCO RE
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
CTRI
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2014-1041Motivation
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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