Smoking Cessation in NYC

A Feasibility Study of Culturally Tailored Smoking Cessation for Chinese Smokers in New York City

The investigators tested the feasibility of a culturally and linguistically sensitive smoking cessation program with combined counseling and pharmacological components for Chinese smokers in New York City; identified factors and techniques that enhance the administration and appropriateness of the intervention program; and examined the effectiveness of this program on quit attempts, quit rates, and overall smoking reduction.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: individualized counselor-led MI sessions; Behavioral: NRT; Behavioral: general health education session

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 139
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
      • Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary eligibility criterion for inclusion in the study cohort was current smoking status. Other inclusion criteria were:

  1. self-identification as ethnic Chinese,
  2. aged 18 years and older,
  3. having smoked or puffed on a cigarette during the previous week,
  4. willingness to participate in the smoking cessation study,
  5. access to a functional telephone,
  6. expected presence in the study geographic area for a year or more, and
  7. not having been enrolled in the past or at the current time in any smoking cessation treatment programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. being currently pregnant and
2. having had a recent diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: individualized counselor-led MI sessions and NRT; The intervention (4 individualized counselor-led MI sessions and nicotine replacement therapy [NRT]) consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self-help smoking cessation materials. Participants were provided NRT packs and counseled on their use.	Behavioral: individualized counselor-led MI sessions; Intervention consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self help smoking cessation materials.; Behavioral: NRT; nicotine replacement therapy
Active Comparator: general health education, self-help materials, and NRT; Participants in this condition were provided with four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco. Strategies for quitting smoking were also provided to participants in this group as well as a supply of NRT and counseling on its use.	Behavioral: NRT; nicotine replacement therapy; Behavioral: general health education session; four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in smoking behavior	participants were asked whether they had smoked or had a puff on a cigarette and the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 7 days at multiple assessment points.	baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month
change in Carbon monoxide (CO) concentration	CO, a biomarker of smoking status, was assessed at baseline and 6-m follow up	baseline, 6-month follow-up
change in the stages of smoking cessation	According to Prochaska and DiClemente ' s Stages of Change model, the stages are: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. It's an ordinal variable that measured at multiple assessment points	baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Temple University
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Wu D, Ma GX, Zhou K, Zhou D, Liu A, Poon AN. The effect of a culturally tailored smoking cessation for Chinese American smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Dec;11(12):1448-57. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp159. Epub 2009 Nov 13.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2006
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 30, 2008
• Study Completion (Actual): April 30, 2008

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 23, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): July 28, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 11, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Quit Smoking; U01CA114582-02S2 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No