Telephone Counseling for Snuff Users

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smokeless Tobacco, Tobacco Use Cessation

In brief

The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-based counseling in promoting smokeless tobacco cessation among residents of Minnesota. It is hypothesized that a greater proportion of individuals assigned to the proactive telephone calls will quit their use of smokeless tobacco products and all tobacco products compared to the comparison group not receiving those calls.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00265681

Run by

HealthPartners Institute

People needed

400

Starts

2004-11-01

Expected to finish

2006-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-08-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older. Use snuff or chewing tobacco weekly. Snuff or chewing tobacco are primary tobacco use.

You may not qualify if…

• No access to a telephone. Primary tobacco use is cigarettes, cigar or pipe tobacco.

Where it is running

• HealthPartners Research Foundation — Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

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