Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation
Background The objective of this project is to determine the effectiveness of targeting a community with a high smoking rate with the distribution of free-of-charge nicotine patches in order to promote tobacco cessation. Methods/Design One small community with an elevated smoking rate (compared to...
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| author | John A Cunningham Scott T Leatherdale Michael Chaiton Rachel Tyndale Christina Schell Alexandra Godinho |
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The objective of this project is to determine the effectiveness of targeting a community with a high smoking rate with the distribution of free-of-charge nicotine patches in order to promote tobacco cessation.
Methods/Design
One small community with an elevated smoking rate (compared to national and provincial averages) has been identified. All households in the community will be sent a letter offering one smoker (18 years or older; 10 or more cigarettes per day) in the household a free-of-charge mailed five-week supply of nicotine patches (up to a total of 800 five-week kits will be available for distribution). Participants receiving nicotine patches will be asked to complete a six-month follow-up survey assessing tobacco cessation defined as 30-day point prevalence abstinence. In addition, attempts will be made to employ ongoing national population surveys containing cigarette smoking variables to compare changes in smoking prevalence in the target community to other communities with similar characteristics.
Discussion
We will examine whether the concentrated distribution of mailed nicotine patches will result in a measurable reduction in smoking rates in the target community. If demonstrated, this would provide support for the targeted population-level distribution of an effective individual-level public health intervention.
Clinical Trials registration
NCT04534231 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71b43e81c0b448fd9008a0d1fcfcffa72023-12-02T00:31:39ZengSwansea UniversityInternational Journal of Population Data Science2399-49082021-02-016110.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1400Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessationJohn A Cunningham0Scott T Leatherdale1Michael Chaiton2Rachel Tyndale3Christina Schell4Alexandra Godinho51. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M5S 2S1, Canada 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 1R8, Canada 3. Research School of Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada1. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M5S 2S1, Canada 2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 3M7, Canada1. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M5S 2S1, Canada 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 1R8, Canada 3. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, CanadaCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M5S 2S1, CanadaCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M5S 2S1, CanadaBackground The objective of this project is to determine the effectiveness of targeting a community with a high smoking rate with the distribution of free-of-charge nicotine patches in order to promote tobacco cessation. Methods/Design One small community with an elevated smoking rate (compared to national and provincial averages) has been identified. All households in the community will be sent a letter offering one smoker (18 years or older; 10 or more cigarettes per day) in the household a free-of-charge mailed five-week supply of nicotine patches (up to a total of 800 five-week kits will be available for distribution). Participants receiving nicotine patches will be asked to complete a six-month follow-up survey assessing tobacco cessation defined as 30-day point prevalence abstinence. In addition, attempts will be made to employ ongoing national population surveys containing cigarette smoking variables to compare changes in smoking prevalence in the target community to other communities with similar characteristics. Discussion We will examine whether the concentrated distribution of mailed nicotine patches will result in a measurable reduction in smoking rates in the target community. If demonstrated, this would provide support for the targeted population-level distribution of an effective individual-level public health intervention. Clinical Trials registration NCT04534231https://ijpds.org/article/view/1400smokingtobacco cessationpopulation data linkagenicotine patchesNRTmass distribution |
| spellingShingle | John A Cunningham Scott T Leatherdale Michael Chaiton Rachel Tyndale Christina Schell Alexandra Godinho Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation International Journal of Population Data Science smoking tobacco cessation population data linkage nicotine patches NRT mass distribution |
| title | Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| title_full | Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| title_fullStr | Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| title_short | Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| title_sort | offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates pilot test of a population based approach to promote tobacco cessation |
| topic | smoking tobacco cessation population data linkage nicotine patches NRT mass distribution |
| url | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1400 |
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