Trial reportNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2020
The Put It Out Project (POP) Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers: Outcomes of a Pilot, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03259360 (A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying the ways in which tobacco cessation interventions have been tailored for sexual and gender minority individuals: A systematic review.Journal of health psychology · 2025Pooled it
- 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 · 2023Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Social Media Support Groups for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: An RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Trial
- Do Smartphone Apps Impact Long-Term Smoking Cessation for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults? Exploratory Results from a 2-Arm Randomized Trial Comparing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Standard US Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of homosexuality · 2025Trial
- Pilot randomised controlled trial of an e-cigarette and tobacco use intervention for hospitalised youth.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Theory-Based Tobacco Control Efforts for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- "It Took Me on a Journey Other Than Just to Stop Smoking": Pilot Trial Outcomes of an Empowerment Theory-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and/or Gender Minoritized People in Oklahoma.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Smoking cessation message testing to inform app-based interventions for young adults - an online experiment.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Theory-Based Social Media Intervention for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids in Young Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Review of strategies to investigate low sample return rates in remote tobacco trials: A call to action for more user-centered design research.Addiction neuroscience · 2023Article
- Applying a Social Determinants of Health Framework to Guide Digital Innovations That Reduce Disparities in Chronic Disease.Psychosomatic medicine · 2023Review
- Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Interventions for Sexual and/or Gender Minority-Identified People and the Theories That Underpin Them: A Scoping Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Intersectionality in Intervention Development: Insights From Formative Work on a Tailored Tobacco Cessation Program for LGBTQIA+ Young Adults.Health promotion practice · 2023Article
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Other Minoritized Gender and Sexual Identities-Adapted Telehealth Intensive Outpatient Program for Youth and Young Adults: Subgroup Analysis of Acuity and Improvement Following Treatment.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- An Avatar-Led Web-Based and SMS Text Message Smoking Cessation Program for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Veterans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Digital interventions for substance use disorders in young people: rapid review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Review
- Delivering vaping cessation interventions to adolescents and young adults on Instagram: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Structural determinants of tailored behavioral health services for sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2010 to 2020: a panel analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A latent class analysis of tailored substance use treatment programs: Implications for treating syndemic conditions facing sexual and gender minority populations.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThis trial investigated whether a Facebook smoking cessation intervention culturally tailored to young sexual and gender minority (SGM) smokers (versus non-tailored) would increase smoking abstinence.
methodsParticipants were 165 SGM young adult US smokers (age 18-25) recruited from Facebook in April 2018 and randomized to an SGM-tailored (POP; N = 84) or non-tailored (TSP-SGM; N = 81) intervention. Interventions delivered weekly live counseling sessions and 90 daily Facebook posts to participants in Facebook groups. Primary analyses compared POP and TSP-SGM on biochemically verified smoking abstinence (yes/no; primary outcome), self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence (yes/no), reduction in cigarettes per week by 50+% from baseline (yes/no), making a quit attempt during treatment (yes/no), and stage of change (precontemplation/contemplation vs. preparation/action). Supplemental analyses compared POP to two historical control groups.
resultsPOP participants were more likely than TSP-SGM participants to report smoking abstinence at 3 (23.8% vs. 12.3%; OR = 2.50; p = .03) and 6 months (34.5% vs. 12.3%; OR = 4.06; p < .001) and reduction in smoking at 3 months (52.4% vs. 39.5%; OR = 2.11; p = .03). Biochemically verified smoking abstinence did not significantly differ between POP and TSP-SGM at 3 (OR = 2.00; p = .33) or 6 months (OR = 3.12; p = .08), potentially due to challenges with remote biochemical verification. In supplemental analyses, POP participants were more likely to report abstinence at 3 (OR = 6.82, p = .01) and 6 (OR = 2.75, p = .03) months and reduced smoking at 3 months (OR = 2.72, p = .01) than participants who received a referral to Smokefree.gov.
conclusionsThis pilot study provides preliminary support for the effectiveness of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention tailored to SGM young adults. IMPLICATIONS: SGM individuals have disproportionately high smoking prevalence. It is unclear whether smoking cessation interventions culturally tailored to the SGM community are more effective than non-tailored interventions. This pilot trial found preliminary evidence that an SGM-tailored Facebook smoking cessation intervention increased reported abstinence from smoking, compared to a non-tailored intervention.
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