Social Determinants and Smoking Cessation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn about the influence of the social and physical environment on smoking cessation (quitting smoking) among smokers.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 and above

2. Current smoker with a history of at least 5 cigarettes/day for the last year (participant must register a CO level of 8 or higher)

3. Motivated to quit within the next 30 days

4. Valid home address reflective of residence in Houston

5. Functioning telephone number

6. Can speak, read, and write in English

7. Marginal or adequate health literacy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Contraindication for nicotine patch use

2. Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco)

3. Use of nicotine replacement therapy products or other smoking cessation medications, other than the nicotine patches supplied during the study

4. Pregnancy or lactation

5. Another household member is enrolled in this protocol

6. Active substance abuse problem

7. Scores below the 6th grade literacy level on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)