CompletedNot Applicable

Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Firefighters

United States60 participantsStarted 2022-01-25

Plain-language summary

The investigators are asking professional firefighters across North Carolina to take part in focus groups to discuss the specific needs of firefighters in smokeless tobacco cessation. About 40 firefighters will take part in the focus groups. The purpose of the focus groups is to learn how firefighting and shift work impact smokeless tobacco use and risk perceptions related to chew or dip. Using their feedback, the study team will then develop a cessation program specifically geared towards firefighters and first responders. The cessation program will be a mobile text / chat intervention specifically tailored to needs of firefighters and first responders who wish to stop using smokeless tobacco. About 50 firefighters and first responders will take part in this program, while being randomized into either the intervention group or the control group.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Professional firefighters or first responders * 18 years or older * Have used smokeless tobacco for the past year and current (past 30 days) smokeless tobacco daily use * Access to a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Not a professional firefighter or first responder * Under 18 years of age * Have not used smokeless tobacco for the past year and are not current (past 30 days) smokeless tobacco daily use * No access to a smartphone

What they're measuring

Number of First Responders Recruited Who Completed a Screening Assessment

Timeframe: Within 3 months of the initiation of study recruitment

First Responders Who Met the Study Eligibility Criteria, Were Enrolled, and Randomized to a Treatment Arm

Timeframe: Within 3 months of the initiation of study recruitment

Percent of Participants Engaged With the Program as Measured by Completion of the End of Program Questionnaire

Timeframe: 30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention

Number of Participants Who Stated Intervention Was Useful as Measured by Questionnaire

Timeframe: 30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention

Number of Participants Who Stated That #EnufSnuff.TXT Intervention Was Helpful as Measured by Questionnaire

Timeframe: 30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention

Number of Participants Who Stated Intervention Made Them Consider Quitting as Measured by Questionnaire

Timeframe: 30 days following the end of the 10-week intervention

Number of Participants Who Stated They Would Recommend Program to a Friend as Measured by Questionnaire

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05111041

SponsorDuke University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-01-10

Results submitted2024-11-20

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