The aim of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of 1-week nicotine replacement therapy sampling delivered by lay counsellors in promoting smoking cessation in smokers in the community.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,014
Participants will be given an 1-week sample of nicotine replacement therapy (patch or gum) with brief instructions on how to use the product
Participants will receive brief cessation advice following the AWARD (ask, warn, advise, refer, do-it-again) model: A: Ask about the tobacco use status; W: Warn about the hazards of tobacco use; A: Advise the smokers to quit; R: Refer the smokers to cessation services; D: Do-it-again
Community sites
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RECRUITINGBiochemically validated tobacco abstinence
Verified by a negative salivary cotinine test
Time frame: 6 months
Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence
Verified by a negative salivary cotinine test
Time frame: 3 months
Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence
Time frame: 3 months
Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence
Time frame: 6 months
Self-reported 24-hour quit attempt
Time frame: 3 months
Self-reported 24-hour quit attempt
Time frame: 6 months
Self-reported use of nicotine replacement therapy product
Time frame: 3 months
Self-reported use of nicotine replacement therapy product
Time frame: 6 months
Self-reported use of smoking cessation service
Time frame: 3 months
Self-reported use of smoking cessation service
Time frame: 6 months
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