Brief Advice, Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling and Active Referral (BANSAR) for Smoking Fathers

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of a combined "cocktail", cessation intervention of brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy sampling and active referral (BANSAR) for smoking expectant fathers on smoking cessation outcomes

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Collaborators: Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong; Kwong Wah Hospital; Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital; Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong; Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Tuen Mun Hospital; United Christian Hospital
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion criteria for both expectant father and mother:

1. Hong Kong resident aged 18 or above

2. Able to read and communicate in Chinese

3. Living together in the past 7 days

Inclusion criteria for expectant father:

1. Having smoked 1 or more cigarettes daily in the past 3 months

2. Having a telephone or mobile phone contact

Inclusion criteria for expectant mother:

1. Not having smoked any cigarette in the past 30 days

Exclusion Criteria for expectant father

1. Having any history of severe angina, arrhythmia, or acute myocardial infarction

2. Having psychiatric/psychological diseases or regular psychotropic medications

3. Having used smoking cessation aids or participated in other smoking cessation services or projects in the past 3 months