Text Message Stop Smoking Among Young Population

4-Weeks Intervention of Mobile Phone Text Messaging (Let's Quit!) on Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Non Randomized Controlled Trial

Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and smoking-related cancers, and quitting smoking by the age of 30 reduces the risk of dying from tobacco-related diseases by almost 90%. The World Bank suggests that if adult cigarette consumption were to decrease by half in the year 2020, approximately 180 million tobacco-attributable deaths could be avoided. Therefore, promotion of smoking cessation has been proposed as a primary focus of tobacco control efforts, especially in developing countries where smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption are both still relatively high

Study Overview

Detailed Description

most risk factors are associated with more than one disease, and targeting those factors can reduce multiple causes of disease. Since smoking has 9% contributions on the leading global risk towards mortality in the world and this risk factor has resulted in multiple causes of disease for example, lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic respiratory disease and other conditions therefore by quantifying the impact of this risk factors on diseases, may help to decrease the number of burden disease that is caused by smoking. University students age of 18 -24 are among the group of age that has the highest prevalence on smoking, thus it is necessary to targeting the high-risk people, who are most likely to benefit from the intervention. Population-based strategies seek to change the social norm by encouraging an increase in healthy behavior and a reduction in health risk. University students are in transition between the adolescence and early adulthood and developed unhealthy behaviors like cigarette smoking

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 25 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Smokers aged 18 - 24 years old
  • Owned a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities
  • Intention to quit
  • No current use of nicotine replacement treatment or bupropion in the past month
  • Not in treatment for any substance abuse disorder within the past year

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not a smoker
  • No desire to quit smoking-
  • Who unwillingly to participate in this study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Lets Quit
Given text message
Five tracks were created including "Not Ready", "Beginner", "Advance", "Relapse", and "Distraction". The "Distraction" track was combined with all of the other remaining 4 tracks. It was aimed as a distraction (as the name indicated) method to lighten the participants mood. It consisted of general information such as sports, fashion, dining, movies, and travelling.
Given pamphlets material on smoking and complication
Active Comparator: Pamplets education
Given pamplets on smoking and complication
Five tracks were created including "Not Ready", "Beginner", "Advance", "Relapse", and "Distraction". The "Distraction" track was combined with all of the other remaining 4 tracks. It was aimed as a distraction (as the name indicated) method to lighten the participants mood. It consisted of general information such as sports, fashion, dining, movies, and travelling.
Given pamphlets material on smoking and complication

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Quit rates
Time Frame: 2 months
2 months
Time-line follow-back (TLFB)
Time Frame: 2 months
2 months
The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
Time Frame: 2 months
2 months
CO level
Time Frame: 2 months
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 5, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

March 4, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 4, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2015

Last Verified

February 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Lets Quit

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