Offering Nicotine Patches to All Households in a Municipality With High Smoking Rates

NCT04534231 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 122/2019
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 123
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

One municipality with high smoking rates will be selected. A coupon for free-of-charge nicotine patches will be sent to each household. Reductions in the number of people smoking in the chosen municipality from before to after the NRT distribution will be estimated

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 30-day pint prevalence abstinence

  No smoking of cigarettes in the past 30 days

  6 months

Interventions

Nicotine patch DRUG

Nicotine transdermal patches as per product monograph

Also known as: Nicoderm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Primary residents of the target municipality

You may qualify if:

• speak and understand English
• years or older
• smoke 10 or more cigarettes per day for at least 3 months

You may not qualify if:

• health contraindications for using nicotine patches without supervision of a doctor (e.g. allergy to tape, pregnant or intending to become pregnant, currently breastfeeding, serious heart or circulation problems not including high blood pressure)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Cunningham JA, Leatherdale ST, Chaiton M, Tyndale RF, Schell C, Godinho A. Concentrated Distribution of Nicotine Patches to a Town With High Smoking Rates-Any Evidence of Large Impacts on Tobacco Cessation? Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Apr 6;25(5):1060-1061. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac244. No abstract available.

  PMID: 36264570 DERIVED

• Cunningham JA, Leatherdale ST, Chaiton M, Tyndale RF, Schell C, Godinho A. Offering nicotine patches to all households in a community with high smoking rates: Pilot test of a population-based approach to promote tobacco cessation. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2021 Feb 11;6(1):1400. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1400.

  PMID: 34007899 DERIVED

Biospecimen

Retention: NONE RETAINED

Saliva samples

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

Tobacco Use Cessation Devices; Nicotine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics; Solanaceous Alkaloids; Alkaloids; Heterocyclic Compounds; Pyridines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring

Study Officials

• John A Cunningham, PhD

  Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Scientist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 27, 2020
• First Posted: September 1, 2020
• Study Start: October 19, 2020
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2021
• Study Completion: August 30, 2021
• Last Updated: August 31, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)