Tobacco Dependence Treatment for Asian Americans

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 0000-00-00
• Target enrollment: 131
• Participant gender: Both

Summary

Nicotine dependence is very common among Asian Americans; yet, research on understanding and treating nicotine dependence in this group is almost nonexistent. The proposed study is a first attempt to develop a smoking cessation program that is tailored to Korean-culture specific aspects. It is proposed that Korean Americans who receive a culturally tailored smoking cessation program will be more likely to have prolonged abstinence at 12-month follow-up than their counterparts who receive brief cessation counseling. Subjects in both arms receive nicotine patches for 8 weeks. Self-reported abstinence is validated with exhaled carbon monoxide and salivary cotinine tests.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
• Treatments: Nicotine
• Last Updated: 2014-05-29

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Korean-speaking Koreans who:

1. Are ages of 18 and older

2. Have been smoking at least 10 or more cigarettes on average per day for the past 30 days; AND

3. Are willing to quit smoking and receive NRT

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to speak and understand Korean or English

2. Involvement in behavioral or other pharmacological smoking cessation programs

3. History of serious cardiac diseases and/or presence of skin diseases (see Human Subjects); OR

4. Pregnancy, lactation or plans to become pregnant in the next 12 months