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Designing a Smoking Intervention for Youth Smokers Using Q-Methodology: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT07178899 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-09-17

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Summary

This study aims to develop a typology-based intervention delivered by smoking cessation (SC) counsellors to prevent smoking relapse in ex-smokers who recently quit. The two main research questions include (1) Can a typology-based smoking relapse prevention intervention be feasible and accepted by the smokers and SC counsellors who deliver the new intervention? (2) What is the preliminary evidence on the efficacy of the typology-based smoking relapse prevention to increase tobacco abstinence in ex-smokers who have recently quit? If the intervention shows at least a small effect size (i.e. risk ratio\>1.3), or the intervention is feasible while modifications can potentially increase the efficacy, a future definitive RCT is warranted.

Conditions

  • Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
  • Young Adult
  • RCT

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

typology-based intervention

The typology-based intervention includes: (1) typology-based counselling, (2) personalized E-message based on the counselling content discussed (3) a booklet introducing the typology of quit identity. All interventions and materials are delivered by smoking counselling.

BEHAVIORAL

Routine Treatment

The routine smoking cessation intervention includes: (1) Routine counselling generic advice on preventing smoking relapse (2) Brief e-messages that consist of general quit advice for 4 weeks. Counsellors implement both routine practices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-15
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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