Designing a Smoking Intervention for Youth Smokers

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 25
SponsorThe University of Hong Kong

About this trial

This study aims to develop a typology-based intervention delivered by smoking cessation (SC) counsellors to prevent smoking relapse in ex-smokers who recently quit. The two main research questions include (1) Can a typology-based smoking relapse prevention intervention be feasible and accepted by the smokers and SC counsellors who deliver the new intervention? (2) What is the preliminary evidence on the efficacy of the typology-based smoking relapse prevention to increase tobacco abstinence in ex-smokers who have recently quit? If the intervention shows at least a small effect size (i.e. risk ratio\>1.3), or the intervention is feasible while modifications can potentially increase the efficacy, a future definitive RCT is warranted.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Hong Kong citizens

Have ever habitually used conventional cigarettes in the past year

Not using cigarettes for the past 7-30 days

Aged 25 or below (parental consent is required for participants under 18 years old)

Disqualifiers

Have unstable physical or psychological conditions as advised by doctors or counsellors

Are users of illicit drugs (e.g., heroin, marijuana, ketamine, etc.)

Have become pregnant in the past two months

unable to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • typology-based intervention
  • Routine Treatment

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators