CompletedNot Applicable

Telephone Counseling for Snuff Users

United States400 participantsStarted 2004-11

Plain-language summary

The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-based counseling in promoting smokeless tobacco cessation among residents of Minnesota. It is hypothesized that a greater proportion of individuals assigned to the proactive telephone calls will quit their use of smokeless tobacco products and all tobacco products compared to the comparison group not receiving those calls.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Age 18 or older. Use snuff or chewing tobacco weekly. Snuff or chewing tobacco are primary tobacco use. Exclusion Criteria: No access to a telephone. Primary tobacco use is cigarettes, cigar or pipe tobacco.

What they're measuring

Point prevalent abstinence from all tobacco after 3 months.

Prolonged abstinence from all tobacco after 3 months.

Number of subjects who abstained for at least 24 hours.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00265681

SponsorHealthPartners Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2006-12

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