Trial reportHealth education research2017
Linking smokers to a quitline: randomized controlled effectiveness trial of a support person intervention that targets non-smokers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social support intervention for enhancing smoking treatment utilization and cessation among veterans in the United States: A pilot study.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Google Trends Analysis of Interest in Smoking Cessation, Treatment Options, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Following Tax Increase and Introduction of Pictorial Health Warnings in Germany.Tobacco use insights · 2025Article
- Brief intervention to enhance cessation of smokeless tobacco use in newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial in patient-relative dyads.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Aniqsaaq (To Breathe): Study protocol to develop and evaluate an Alaska Native family-based financial incentive intervention for smoking cessation.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Assessment and Counseling Gaps Among Former Smokers Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening in US Adults : A Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), 2013-2018.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Brief Intervention for Tobacco when Diagnosed with Oral Cancer (BITDOC): Study protocol of a randomized clinical trial studying efficacy of brief tobacco cessation intervention, Chhattisgarh, India.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2020Article
- Targeting Nonsmokers to Help Smokers Quit: Features of a Large-scale Intervention.Tobacco use insights · 2020Article
- Support person interventions to increase use of quitline services among racially diverse low-income smokers: A pilot study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Feasibility of a support person intervention to promote smoking cessation treatment use among smokers with mental illness.Translational behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Skill Sets for Family Members and Friends to Help Motivate a Smoker to Seek Treatment: Research to Practice.Addiction research & theory · 2018Article
- Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2019 Addendum.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Health and Wellness Coaching and Sustained Gains: A Rapid Systematic Review.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Evidence-based treatments (e.g. quitlines) are greatly underutilized by smokers limiting their public health impact. A three-session phone intervention for nonsmoking family members and friends (i.e. support persons) was successful for increasing smoker quitline enrollment. To enhance the intervention's potential translatability, in this study, we delivered treatment for the non-smoker within ongoing quitline services and compared the efficacy of the three-call intervention to a streamlined version (one call). A total of 704 adult non-smokers (85% female, 95% White) wanting to help a smoker quit and recruited statewide in Minnesota participated in this randomized controlled trial with parallel groups. Non-smokers received mailed written materials and were randomly assigned to a control condition (no additional treatment, n = 235), or to a one- (n = 233) or three-call (n = 236) intervention delivered by quitline coaches. The main outcome was smoker quitline enrollment through 7-month follow-up. Smoker quitline enrollment was similar for those linked to non-smokers in the one- and three-call interventions (14.6% [34/233] and 14.8% [35/236]), and higher than for smokers linked to control participants (6.4% [15/235]), P = 0.006. Just one quitline coaching call delivered to non-smokers increased treatment enrollment among smokers. The reach of quitlines could be enhanced by targeting the social support network of smokers.
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