Smoking Cessation Programme in Workplaces in Hong Kong (Phase Ⅴ)
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-12-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Smoking causes cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancers and diabetes, and it has been
a leading risk factor for death globally. Despite the availability of smoking cessation
services locally, most smokers do not use such services. Workplace is one of the most
convenient platforms to provide smoking cessation services and over 55% of smokers are
employed according to the local population-based survey. Moreover, The COVID-19 pandemic and
new normal increase in mental health burden to people in the workplace. An online survey
during the pandemic found 88% of Hong Kong employees suffered from stress at work during the
past 7 days. Mental health can be both precursors and consequences of smoking. However, the
effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme conducted in workplace is yet to be examined
in Hong Kong, and the mental health support for smoking employees in promoting smoking
cessation is not clear. Thus, this study aims to test, by a 2-arm RCT, the effectiveness of
an intervention of which includes mobile phone-based intervention on reducing mental health
symptoms and smoking cessation in workplaces in Hong Kong; identify facilitators and barriers
of successful policy implementation and quitting; examine and evaluate the company
environment and their policies in promoting smoking cessation.