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Filter by:The large current uptake of e-cigarettes (2.8 million U.K. users in 2016; 26), the continuous involvement of e-cigarettes (which potentially affects their contents as well), the uncertainty about their medium- and longer-term effects, and the need to promote smoking cessation as means of reducing Cardiovascular disease, dictate that more research is urgently needed. Research exploring the impact of e-cigarettes on cardiovascular function/ health has been requested by the European Parliament, the British Medical Association, regulatory agencies, clinicians and researchers, as there is currently no consensus within the smoking cessation community as to the potential impact of e-cigarettes. With e-cigarettes being successful in replacing traditional cigarettes (i.e. up to 42% within a month), such studies should not only be efficacy-focused, but should also explore the physiological effects of e-cigarettes, as preliminary work in the field is contrasting and limited, in both the acute- and longer-term timeframe. Furthermore, as e-cigarettes are not simple nicotine-based products, the general public, researchers and government agencies cannot rely on the existing research exploring the effects of nicotine on the cardio-vasculature (e.g. coronary and peripheral vasoconstriction, intravascular inflammation and deregulation of cardiac autonomic function as well as inhibition of microcirculation). Thus, the lack of direct evidence - which would clarify the degree of safety of e-cigarettes for the user's vascular system and determine their longer-term cardiovascular disease risk - increases the need for research in the field. Such studies will supply in-depth information to service-users and policy-makers, especially as the recently-initiated U.K.'s "Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency" validation of e-cigarettes will increase likelihood of their introduction in smoking cessation clinics. This study will bridge the existing knowledge gap and inform the general public, the scientific and the smoking cessation community in respect to the physiological (e.g. cardiovascular health) and participants' experience of both nicotine-inclusive and nicotine-free, e-cigarettes (when combined with behavioural change support) and compare it against a currently NHS-applied smoking cessation pathway that combines Nicotine Replacement Therapy and behavioural change support. This will allow future research to advance and optimize the pharmacological treatment of tobacco and nicotine dependence, by taking into consideration the study's physiological and Health Economics' findings.
The proposed pilot study seeks to address the smoking cessation treatment needs of underserved smokers with limited resources by evaluating the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone delivered automated video-assisted smoking treatment (AVAST). AVAST will enable smoking cessation treatment content to be presented with voice/audio, images, videos, and text in an interactive, structured format anytime and anywhere. Participants will be recruited from the Urban Mission, a non-profit food and resource center that serves approximately 20,000 people each year in the Oklahoma City metro area.
The goal of this clinical research study is to offer lung cancer screenings to smokers who want to change their smoking behaviors. All eligible participants will receive smoking cessation counseling and may be offered at least one form of smoking cessation drug. Different forms of counseling (the delivery of counseling and access to counseling) will be compared. This is an investigational study. Participants on this study will not be prescribed smoking drugs directly by the study staff. However, participants in this study may or may not receive smoking cessation drugs, depending on what the provider thinks is in the participants best interest. All smoking cessation drugs being used are FDA approved and commercially available. It is investigational to compare the different forms of counseling participants receive. Up to 1260 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.
Despite the availability of a variety of effective treatments for smoking cessation, uptake of treatments is low. The increasing use of smartphone technology presents an exceptional opportunity to expand access to low-cost smoking cessation services. In this pilot study, the investigators will use a text-messaging platform to test peer mentoring for smoking cessation, delivered by former smokers. While peer mentoring is a common approach to health behavior change, it has rarely been used to maximum effect by smoking cessation programs. The text-messaging platform serves as the basis for a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of peer mentoring for smoking cessation. This pilot will include approximately 200 U.S. adult smokers who will be randomly assigned to a peer mentor or not. Participants in the control group will receive automated text messages used in SmokefreeTXT, a nationwide text-messaging service sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in which users receive one to five automated messages per day for up to eight weeks. Smokers in the intervention group will receive a modified version of the same automated messages from SmokefreeTXT, but with additional personalized messages from an assigned peer mentor. Mentors will provide responses to specific questions or comments a smoker may have after receiving the automated messages. The intervention will last 8 weeks. The study includes primary outcomes to measure the acceptability, engagement, user experience, and early efficacy of the intervention.
The primary purpose of our study is to conduct a pilot, practice-based intervention focused on increasing adherence to the 6As for youth ages 11 through 17 years. The 6As are: (1) "Anticipate" (future use), (2) "Ask" (about tobacco use), (3) "Advise" (advise the patient to quit using tobacco), (4) "Assess" (the patient's readiness to quit using tobacco), (5) "Assist" (by setting a quit date, providing materials on quitting tobacco, providing tobacco cessation medications, and referring the patient for additional services and/or counseling) , and (6) "Arrange" (by re-contacting the patient after their quit date and arranging a follow-up visit).
The purpose of this study is to determine if Intensive Referral Intervention increases motivation to quit cigarette smoking and quitting-related behaviors in probationers and also to determine if Intensive Referral Intervention improves short-term substance use outcomes in probationers with substance use disorder.
Electronic cigarette is proposed as a bridge to smoking cessation. In this study we examine its effects on aortic elasticity, glycocalyx integrity, and exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) concentration and platelet function, both acutely and after 1 month of use.
The investigators propose an 18-month, randomized, open-label evaluation of the impact of texting to pregnant, underserved, cigarette smokers on smoking cessation rates. Patients will be eligible if they have a confirmed pregnancy, are English speaking, at least 18 years of age, are in the preparation stage of change and willing to set a quit date within 30 days and before 35 weeks gestation, and have a cellular phone that is capable of receiving text messages. Patients will be randomized to either the texting group or control group. A baseline carbon monoxide level will be obtained. The patient, regardless of group, will have the standard of care smoking cessation visit. If the pharmacist, physician, and patient deem that pharmacotherapy is appropriate, patient will receive nicotine replacement therapy patches or bupropion free of charge in 2-week intervals. Patients in the intervention group will receive text messages focused on smoking cessation and pregnancy. Patients will be seen on a bi-weekly schedule to obtain additional vouchers for patches or for bupropion, meet with the pharmacist, and complete a carbon monoxide exhalation test. These visits will be continued until the pharmacotherapy course is complete.
This study is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial including: (1) Adventure-based training intervention group, (2) WhatsApp intervention group and (3) Control group.
Investigators conducted a clinic-based study to determine the magnitude of uncontrolled hypertension and current smoking in eye doctor's offices and sought to determine if referral to care results in actions taken by the patient.