A Multi-Media Approach to Partner Support in Smokeless Tobacco Cessation (UCare-ChewFree)

Oregon Research Institute1,100 enrolled

Overview

In an earlier study, the investigators developed a guidebook that taught women supportive behaviors to help their husbands/partners quit smokeless tobacco. This study will create a website using the information in the guidebook, along with interactive features, videos, and forums. The investigators will then conduct a randomized trial comparing an intervention group (receiving website access and the printed guidebook) with a delayed treatment control condition, to learn if the support intervention can effectively teach women supportive behaviors and thereby increase their partners' smokeless tobacco cessation rates.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,100

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * being the wife or female domestic partner (living together) of a male who is a current user of ST products (snuff or chewing tobacco) * interested in having him quit ST use * willing to provide a phone number, mailing address, and e-mail address * provides informed consent * the woman and the chewer are both U.S. or Canadian residents age 18 or older * the woman and the chewer are both able to read English * the woman and the chewer are both able to access a computer Exclusion Criteria: * none

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

smokeless tobacco cessation

the male ST user's 6-month cessation as reported by the female partner

Time frame: 7.5-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes

tobacco quit attempts

the male smokeless tobacco user's quit attempts, as reported by the female partner

Time frame: 7.5 month follow-up

supportive behaviors

change in the female partner's supportive behaviors