Evaluating a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Program Among People in the Military (The AFIII Study)

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Conditions studied: Smoking, Smoking Cessation

In brief

Rates of cigarette smoking in the military are high. Tobacco telephone quit lines are telephone-based services that provide information and guidance to people who want to quit smoking. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a tobacco quit line program, in addition to nicotine replacement patches, at helping people in the military quit smoking cigarettes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00632411

Run by

University of Tennessee

People needed

1298

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Department of Defense healthcare beneficiary
• Has smoked five or more cigarettes per day for at least 1 year before study entry
• Must be at least eighteen years old

You may not qualify if…

• Known allergy or sensitivity to nicotine replacement therapy
• No telephone
• Inability to understand consent procedures
• Basic Military Trainee

Where it is running

• University of Tennessee Health Science Center — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• Wilford Hall Medical Center — Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States

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