Tobacco use is the single greatest preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in Canada, accounting for 48,000 deaths and $16.2 billion annually in attributable health-related costs. Parents who smoke are often medically underserved and visit their child's doctor more than their own; 25% of all adult smokers have children seen in child healthcare. When parents quit smoking, their life expectancy is increased by more than 10 years, tobacco-related poor pregnancy outcomes are eliminated, children's risk of becoming smokers decreases 4-fold, families have more money for necessities, and children are less likely to suffer from diseases caused by tobacco smoke exposure. Despite free tobacco cessation services in every province and widespread insurance coverage of NRT, parental tobacco screening and cessation support rarely happens in pediatric care, thus there is potential for major health benefits from a routinely delivered tobacco control program to parents in this setting. The investigators will conduct a 12-month single centre, pragmatic, single-blind pilot RCT of CEASE vs. usual care of 70 parents who use cigarettes and/or vaping products whose children are seen in pediatric clinics at the CHU Sainte-Justine. A similar trial, CEASE-A will be conducted with 70 adolescents ages 14-17. Objectives: 1. Perform a pilot RCT of the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke (CEASE) intervention in Canada. CEASE is an evidence-based parental smoking cessation intervention to ensure that every parent who uses cigarettes and/or nicotine vaping products and visits their child's pediatrician receives nicotine dependence treatment 2. Conduct an ancillary pilot RCT of CEASE-A to deliver evidence-based support for adolescents who use tobacco and/or nicotine vaping products Outcomes include pilot process outcomes and preliminary effectiveness outcomes to assess feasibility and inform the preparation of a future large-scale RCT. This pilot RCT will provide the data necessary to plan a fully powered RCT assessing the effectiveness of CEASE and CEASE-A for smoking and vaping cessation.
Age range
14 Years
Sex
ALL
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Parental and adolescent recruitment rates
Timeframe: 12 months of study follow up
Feasibility of the intervention
Timeframe: 12 months of study follow up.
Protocol fidelity
Timeframe: 6 months of participant follow up.
Study retention and completion of follow-up questionnaires
Timeframe: 6 months of participant follow up.
Abstinence at 6 months
Timeframe: 6 months of participant follow up.
Cotinine-confirmed quit
Timeframe: 6 months of participant follow up.