Trial Comparing Different Methods of Support With Stopping Smoking (PORTSSS/Stop Together Trial)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study shall determine whether or not proactive telephone support for smoking cessation delivered to quitline callers is more effective than standard 'reactive' provision and whether or not the offer of a voucher for a cost free supply of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has any additional impact on smoking cessation rates achieved by behavioural interventions.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Nottingham
• Collaborator: Department of Health, United Kingdom
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants are over 16 and will need to agree to i) receive counselling ii) to set a quit within two weeks and iii) consent to follow up processes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Telephonists will not enrol potential participants who are not capable of giving informed consent or who have not got access to a phone contact number to which calls can be made by Essentia staff.