Pennsylvania Adolescent Smoking Study (PASStudy)

Summary

The Pennsylvania Adolescent Smoking Study (PASStudy) will evaluate the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing (MI) compared to Structured Brief Advice (SBA) to reduce cigarette smoking among adolescents who smoke. MI is a brief 5 session client-centered psychotherapeutic style intended to increase "the probability that a person will enter into, continue and adhere to a specific change strategy." This will be compared with SBA, which implements Best Practice Guidelines (i.e., 5 A's and 5 R's) and assists participants in accessing the best available resources for smoking cessation.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

MI is an empirically supported, client-centered, directive method for matching counseling to an individual's readiness to change.

BEHAVIORAL

Structured Brief Advice (SBA)

SBA includes the administration of scripted, brief cessation counseling that follows standard health care smoking cessation guidelines.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh

  collaborator OTHER

• Lehigh Valley Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Pennsylvania Department of Health

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Janet Audrain-McGovern, Ph.D · University of Pennsylvania

• Deborah Moss, MD, MPH · University of Pittsburgh

• Sarah Stevens, MD, MPH · Lehigh Valley Hospital

• Jon Pletcher, MD · University of Pittsburgh

• Pamela Murray, MD, MHP · University of Pittsburgh

• Sara B Kinsman, MD, PhD · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

14 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2007-09-30

Completion

2010-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations