Effectiveness of a French Automated Web-based Smoking Cessation Program

Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante2,478 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a French fully automated web-based smoking cessation program known as the "coaching", by comparing it to an online self-help guide.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

2,478

Conditions

Tobacco Consumption

Interventions

Web-based automated "coaching" by e-mailsBEHAVIORAL

Self-help guideBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 and older * Smoker * Willing to quit smoking in the next two weeks * Having a regular access to Internet * Having a personal e-mail address * Not having benefited from the "coaching" the investigators want to assess yet Exclusion Criteria: * No personal e-mail address * Not able to give the informed consent

Locations (1)

Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante

Saint-Denis, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comparison of the percentage of abstinent people between the two arms of the trial, 6 months after inclusion

The investigators will compare the percentage of smokers who successfully quit, 6 months after their inclusion in the study. Point prevalence abstinence will be measured (not smoking, event a puff, in the week preceding the questioning).

Time frame: 6 months after inclusion

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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