The 2-year research plan will test the Put It Out Project (POP) in a pilot randomized trial (N=120) compared to TSP and two historical control conditions. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities, and use Facebook. The primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 mos.
Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 3-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 90 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking. Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva cotinine test kits that will be mailed to participants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
165
University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry
San Francisco, California, United States
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months
Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.
Time frame: 3 months post baseline
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months
Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.
Time frame: 6 months post baseline
Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%
Reduction will be assessed at 3 and 6 month follow-ups.
Time frame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
Tobacco use quit attempts
Whether a quit attempt was made during the follow-up period at 3 and 6 months post-baseline.
Time frame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
Readiness to quit tobacco
Proportion of participants ready to quit smoking in the next month assessed at 3 and 6 months
Time frame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence
Desire to quit, abstinence self-efficacy, perceived difficulty of quitting and abstinence goal
Time frame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
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