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Tobacco Treatment for Employable Californians (TTEC), Improving Employability Partnership: Alliance to Curb Tobacco (Total IMPACT)
Previous findings indicate elevated risk for tobacco use among adults in California who are unemployed and seeking work. In a pilot study, tobacco use was associated with a longer duration of time out of work. This community-based participatory research study aims to deliver and evaluate the impact of a web-based job seeker tailored tobacco cessation intervention vs. a control group in the San Francisco Bay Area. This research investigates whether an employment-centered tobacco treatment intervention is efficacious in supporting abstinence and also associated with more timely engagement of employment.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Stanford University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 360 |
| Start date | 2015-10 |
| Completion | 2018-09-12 |
Conditions
- Tobacco Dependence
Interventions
- ProChange ExpertSystem
Primary outcomes
- Smoking Status: 7-day point prevalence abstinence — 3-months follow-up
Past 7-day use of conventional cigarettes, alternative tobacco (smokeless, snus), and electronic nicotine devices (ENDS, e.g., e-cigarettes) with details on cigarettes/day, frequency, brand, flavor, strength, and quit attempts. For biochemical verification, participants reporting 7-day PPA at follow-up will have an expired CO sample evaluated using a Bedfont Smokerlyzer. Participants with CO \< 8 ppm indicating nonsmoking will provide a saliva sample for testing with of cotinine with an Accutest NicAlertTM test strip. Salivary cotinine levels \< 15 ng/ml will confirm nonsmoking. Additionally, participants reporting being quit will be asked to provide a urine sample to test for the presence of anabasine (if they have quit smoking but are still using nicotine replacement or another nicotine containing product). - Smoking Status: 7-day point prevalence abstinence — 6-months follow-up
Past 7-day use of conventional cigarettes, alternative tobacco (smokeless, snus), and electronic nicotine devices (ENDS, e.g., e-cigarettes) with details on cigarettes/day, frequency, brand, flavor, strength, and quit attempts. For biochemical verification, participants reporting 7-day PPA at follow-up will have an expired CO sample evaluated using a Bedfont Smokerlyzer. Participants with CO \< 8 ppm indicating nonsmoking will provide a saliva sample for testing with of cotinine with an Accutest? NicAlertTM test strip. Salivary cotinine levels \< 15 ng/ml will confirm nonsmoking. Additionally, participants reporting being quit will be asked to provide a urine sample to test for the presence of anabasine (if they have quit smoking but are still using nicotine replacement or another nicotine containing product). - Time to find employment (weeks) — 6-months
How quickly participants find employment, measured in weeks
Countries
United States