STAND Community College Tobacco Cessation Trial

Summary

Community colleges have 45% of the nation's undergraduates and have a higher smoking prevalence rate than 4-year colleges. California's community colleges comprise the nation's largest higher education system, and Sacramento has the second largest community college district. As more colleges are encouraged to become smoke and tobacco-free campuses, smokers enrolled at community college campuses need greater support. However, community colleges may lack the student health clinic resources that 4-year colleges have for students who live on campus. Little evidence to date demonstrates effective interventions for smokers on community college campuses.

This pilot study seeks to demonstrate the feasibility and promising outcomes of two cessation interventions, compared with usual care on a community college campus. The first intervention was based on a promising model of brief motivational interviewing delivered by peer educators, developed by the community lead Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails (BCSET) through the Sacramento Taking Action Against Tobacco Dependence (STAND) project. The second intervention was based on direct enrollment into the California Smokers' Helpline, which has demonstrated utility for promoting smoking cessation among young adults with low socioeconomic status. Usual care consisted of students going to the student health center for smoking cessation assistance.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Participant provided "Quit Kit" water bottle with small cessation aids (eg. sunflower seeds) and educated about student health as a cessation resource

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Motivational Interviewing

Peer educator conducts brief motivational interviewing about smoking cessation and participant goals

BEHAVIORAL

Direct referral to quitline

Peer educator educates about state quitline services and gets verbal consent to use quitline's direct referral web portal for quitline to contact participant in 1-2 business days about free counseling services to make a quit plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tobacco Related Disease Research Program

  collaborator OTHER

• Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sacramento City College

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, Davis

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elisa Tong, MD · University of California, Davis

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-09-30

Primary Completion

2016-06-30

Completion

2016-06-30