Results of a recently completed National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded trial of an intervention, Forever Free: Stop Smoking for Good, revealed high efficacy throughout the 24- month follow-up period, further supporting the utility of extended self-help for promoting and maintaining tobacco abstinence. Investigators have recognized that wide-scale implementation, and therefore public health impact, would be enhanced by the availability of a Spanish-language version to reach the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority population of smokers. The goal of this study is to address this gap by testing a Spanish-language version of the validated self-help smoking cessation intervention. If demonstrated effective, the proposed intervention would represent an easily disseminable and low-cost intervention with significant public health impact for Hispanic/Latino smokers throughout the United States. The aims of this project are to test the efficacy of a Spanish-language version of a validated, extended self-help intervention for smoking cessation among Spanish-speaking smokers against usual care control. Participants (N = 1400) recruited nationally will be randomized to the two arms.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,417
Participants in the first arm will receive the Spanish-language version of the Stop Smoking for Good (SS-SP) intervention distributed over 18 months.
Participants in the second arm will receive a single, credible, NCI-produced Spanish-language self-help booklet.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
Percentage of Participants With Tobacco Abstinence at 6 Months
Participants will complete follow-up assessment packets at 6 month intervals through 24 months. At each assessment point, investigators will calculate 7-day point- prevalence abstinence rates.
Time frame: 6 months
Percentage of Participants With Tobacco Abstinence at 12 Months
Participants will complete follow-up assessment packets at 6 month intervals through 24 months. At each assessment point, investigators will calculate 7-day point- prevalence abstinence rates.
Time frame: 12 months
Percentage of Participants With Tobacco Abstinence at 18 Months
Participants will complete follow-up assessment packets at 6 month intervals through 24 months. At each assessment point, investigators will calculate 7-day point- prevalence abstinence rates.
Time frame: 18 months
Percentage of Participants With Tobacco Abstinence at 24 Months
Participants will complete follow-up assessment packets at 6 month intervals through 24 months. At each assessment point, investigators will calculate 7-day point- prevalence abstinence rates.
Time frame: 24 months
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