Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29797621›Full record

ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2018

A randomized controlled evaluation of the tobacco status project, a Facebook intervention for young adults.

Danielle E Ramo, Johannes Thrul, Kevin L Delucchi, Sharon Hall, Pamela M Ling, Alina Belohlavek, Judith J Prochaska

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Article in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  12. Facebook Intervention to Connect Alaska Native People With Resources and Support to Quit Smoking: CAN Quit Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  16. The Put It Out Project (POP) Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers: Outcomes of a Pilot, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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  17. Multiple Health Risk Behaviors in Young Adult Smokers: Stages of Change and Stability over Time.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020
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  20. Smoking cessation intervention trial outcomes for sexual and gender minority young adults.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle E RamoDepartment of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9875-5713
Johannes ThrulCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-9579
Kevin L DelucchiDepartment of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-9627
Sharon HallDepartment of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Pamela M LingCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Alina BelohlavekDepartment of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Judith J ProchaskaStanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-326X
University of California, San Francisco · USSan Francisco General Hospital · USStanford Health Care · US

Funding

Social Media Intervention for Young Adult SmokersK23DA032578 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI RAMO, DANIELLE E · 2012 to 2016
$927k
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA032578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo test the efficacy of the Tobacco Status Project (TSP) Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults relative to referral to an on-line program on biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking.

designTwo-group parallel randomized controlled trial, comparing TSP (n = 251) to on-line control (n = 249) with follow-up to 12 months.

settingOn-line, throughout the United States.

participantsYoung adult cigarette smokers (mean age 21 years; 73% white, 55% female, 87% daily smokers). INTERVENTIONS AND COMPARATOR: TSP provided private Facebook groups tailored to stage of change to quit smoking, daily contacts, weekly live counseling sessions, and for those ready to quit, six cognitive behavioral therapy counseling sessions. Some TSP groups were assigned randomly to receive a monetary incentive for engagement. Control provided referral to the National Cancer Institute Smokefree.gov website. MEASUREMENTS: PRIMARY OUTCOME: Biochemically verified 7-day abstinence over 12 months. SECONDARY OUTCOMES: Post-treatment (3-month) abstinence; reported abstinence, quit attempt, reduction in smoking, readiness to quit smoking over 12 months.

findingsVerified 7-day abstinence was not significantly different for intervention compared with control over 1 year: month 3 (8.3 versus 3.2%), 6 (6.2 versus 6.0%), and 12 (5.9 versus 10.0%); odds ratio (OR) = 1.07; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.23, 4.97; retention = 71%. There was an effect at 3 months (OR = 2.52; CI = 1.56, 4.04; P < 0.0001). There were no 12-month treatment effects for reported abstinence (P = 0.746), reduction in smoking by 50% or more (P = 0.533), likelihood of having made a quit attempt (P = 0.387) or stage of change over time (0.968). Participants in TSP engaged more and rated the intervention more favorably than those in the control condition.

conclusionsCompared with referral to a smoking cessation website, a novel USA-focused Facebook smoking cessation intervention did not improve abstinence from smoking over 1 year, but increased abstinence at the end of treatment and was engaging to participants.

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Facebookrandomized trialsmoking cessationsocial mediatobaccoyoung adults

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PMID29797621
PMCPMC6761032
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