Acceptability of Less Harmful Alternatives to Cigarettes
RATIONALE: A study that evaluates participants' beliefs about smokeless tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapy may be useful in helping smokers stop smoking. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the acceptability of less harmful alternatives to cigarettes.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Feb 7, 2017 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Not specified
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Interventions being studied
- Behavioral: telephone-based intervention; Drug: nicotine replacement therapy; Other: informational intervention; Other: internet-based intervention; Other: questionnaire administration
How this study is categorized
These labels come from structured fields and exact terms in the public record.
Who may be able to participate
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Currently smokes ≥ 10 cigarettes per day * Not planning to quit smoking in the next 30 days and has not tried to quit in the past 30 days * Medically eligible to receive nicotine-replacement products, based on the NYS Smokers Quitline eligibility criteria PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not pregnant or nursing * Able to read and speak English * In good general health * No history of heart attack or stroke in the past 2 weeks * No history of chest pains in the past month * No report of physician-diagnosed arrhythmia/irregular heartbeat or use of pacemaker * No report of physician-diagnosed heart disease/coronary artery disease, uncontrolled hypertension, stomach ulcer, diabetes, depression, or asthma PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * No other concurrent tobacco products or nicotine medications * No concurrent Zyban, Bupropion, Wellbutrin, Chantix, or other smoking cessation medication
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Roswell Park Cancer InstituteBuffalo, New York
Source and freshness
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