Evaluating a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Program Among People in the Military (The AFIII Study)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Rates of cigarette smoking in the military are high. Tobacco telephone quit lines are telephone-based services that provide information and guidance to people who want to quit smoking. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a tobacco quit line program, in addition to nicotine replacement patches, at helping people in the military quit smoking cigarettes.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Tennessee
• Collaborator: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Department of Defense healthcare beneficiary

• Has smoked five or more cigarettes per day for at least 1 year before study entry

• Must be at least eighteen years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known allergy or sensitivity to nicotine replacement therapy

• No telephone

• Inability to understand consent procedures

• Basic Military Trainee