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Trial reportNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2008

Getting young adults to quit smoking: a formative evaluation of the X-Pack Program.

Lorien C Abroms, Richard Windsor, Bruce Simons-Morton

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tobacco cessation interventions for young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  4. Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lorien C AbromsGeorge Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20037,USA. lorien@gwu.edu
Richard Windsor
Bruce Simons-Morton
George Washington University · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTSZ01HD002110 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI SIMONS-MORTON, BRUCE G · 1992 to 2008
$493k
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STUDY OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL CHILDRENZ01HD002525 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI SIMONS-MORTON, BRUCE G · 1996 to 2008
$427k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD002110NIMHD NIH HHS 263-MD-501757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of promising smoking cessation interventions targeting young adults is a recognized public health problem. This study was designed to determine the feasibility of a young-adult-oriented program, the X-Pack Program, when administered to college student smokers, and to estimate its effect on smoking cessation. Participants (N = 83) were randomized after enrollment to receive either a moderately intensive, E-mail-based, young-adult intervention (the X-Pack group) or a less-intensive program aimed at a general adult audience (the Clearing the Air group). Participants were assessed at baseline and at 3 and 6 months after enrollment. Participants in the X-Pack group rated their treatment more favorably overall, were more engaged in program activities, and quit for more consecutive days at the 3- and 6-month follow-ups, compared with the Clearing the Air group. Differences in quit rates favored the X-Pack group at the two follow-ups, but the differences were not significant. These findings offer some support for the X-Pack Program when administered to college smokers.

Indexed as

InternetSmoking PreventionAdultCounselingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMalePatient Education as TopicProgram EvaluationSmokingSmoking CessationStudents

Identifiers

PMID18188742
PMCPMC2728424
OpenAlexW2020963189

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