Evaluation of Adolescent Smoking Cessation Programs

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a school-based multi-session group smoking cessation program is more effective than a single session group program.

Detailed Description
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The investigators reformatted two group smoking cessation programs (the NOT program of the American Lung Association and Kicking Butts), both of which involve 50 minute sessions delivered once weekly, into a program that could be delivered during school lunch periods (25-30 minutes) twice weekly. Smoking status was subsequently assessed over the 12 month period following the intervention,

Official Title
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Evaluation of Adolescent Smoking Cessation Programs

Conditions
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Smoking Status

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: NOT program
* Behavioral: NOT controls
* Behavioral: Kicking Butts intervention
* Behavioral: KB controls


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Students who indicated they smoked cigarettes and wanted to quit Exclusion Criteria: Students referred as part of a disciplinary requirement to stop smoking

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 13 Years
Maximum Age: 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: NOT Intervention<br>Students in this arm of the study were randomized to receive the reformatted NOT program | Behavioral: NOT program<br>* Students in this arm of the study received the reformatted NOT intervention<br>|
| Active Comparator: NOT controls<br>Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets on smoking cessation | Behavioral: NOT controls<br>* Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets<br>|
| Experimental: KB intervention<br>Students in this arm of the study were randomized to receive the reformatted Kicking Butts intervention | Behavioral: Kicking Butts intervention<br>* Students in this arm of the study were randomized to receive the reformatted Kicking Butts intervention<br>|
| Active Comparator: KB controls<br>Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets on smoking cessation | Behavioral: KB controls<br>* Students in this arm were randomized to receive a single group session on smoking cessation and were given youth oriented informational pamphlets<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self reported quit status (Student identifies self as non-smoker and no smoking for 30 days) |  | End of program and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months later | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salivary cotinine level |  | End of program and 1, 6 and 12 months later | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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adolescents, smoking, smoking cessation, tobacco use