COVID-19 Brief Advice and Chat-based Support for Smoking Cessation Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2020

Summary

The present study will examine (1) the effectiveness of a combined brief advice and personalized chat-based support on COVID-19 related smoking messages and (2) explore the use of CBPR model to build capacity and to engage community partners in taking on this important public health issue for sustainability in the community. In addition, a process evaluation will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the recruitment activity and how it is linked with the overall program outcomes.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Chat-based support

Participants will receive three months of chat-based support through IM apps (e.g. WhatsApp, WeChat). The regular messages and instant messaging on psychosocial support aim to provide hygienic advice to reduce the risk of exposure to SARS-cov2, increase self-efficacy and confidence, and social support and behavioral capacity of quitting.

BEHAVIORAL

AWARD plus COVID-specific advice

Ask about smoking history, Warn about the risks associated with the COVID-19 and smoking (with a COVID-related health warning leaflet), Advise to quit as soon as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, Refer smokers to SC services (with a referral card, see below for information), and Do it again: to repeat the intervention

BEHAVIORAL

AWARD advice

Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk of smoking, Advise to quit as soon as possible, Refer to the smoking cessation services, and Do it again (if the smokers refused to set quit date).

BEHAVIORAL

COVID-19 related health warning leaflet

The 2-sided color printed A4 leaflet, which covers the risk of COVID-19 and smoking and the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation

BEHAVIORAL

Health warning leaflet

The 2-sided color printed A4 leaflet, which systematically covers the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation.

BEHAVIORAL

SMS-based support

Participants will receive regular SMS with similar frequency to Intervention group but with generic information on smoking cessation.

BEHAVIORAL

Referral card

The 3-folded "Smoking Cessation Services" card consists of brief information and highlights of existing smoking cessation services, contact methods, motivation information and strong supporting messages or slogans.

BEHAVIORAL

COSH Self-help smoking cessation booklet

A general smoking cessation self-help booklet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Hong Kong

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Man Ping Kelvin Wang, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-06-13

Primary Completion

2021-06-30

Completion

2022-06-30

Countries

• China

Study Locations