Jail-Based Use of Smoking Cessation Treatment Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tobacco Use
In brief
Smoking rates remain above 60% for individuals involved in the criminal justice system and contribute to elevated mortality rates in this population. Addressing smoking disparities among justice-involved individuals is a critical public health issue in Minnesota, one of a few states with rising incarceration rates. People who are incarcerated represent the intersection of multiple high-priority populations (disproportionately African-American, Native American, low-income, homeless, on Medicaid, and suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders). This study examines the impact of a smoking cessation intervention for individuals discharged from jail to the community on smoking abstinence. Participants will be randomized to either 1) guideline-based, in-person smoking cessation counseling during incarceration, telephone counseling after incarceration, and nicotine replacement, or 2) enhanced treatment as usual. This study's findings will be used to develop a larger, multi-site study that is fully powered to measure longer-term health and smoking cessation outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03799315
- Run by
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
- People needed
- 66
- Starts
- 2019-01-14
- Expected to finish
- 2020-08-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-09-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Use of ≥ 1 cigarette per day prior to incarceration
- Expected release from the Hennepin Adult Detention Center to the community within 90 days
- Age 18-64
- English fluency
- Lives within 20 minutes of Hennepin County Medical Center and has no plans to move away from area for 4 months
- Willing to attempt quitting or reducing smoking at discharge
- Has a telephone
- Cleared for nicotine lozenge safety by jail health care provider and willing to use at discharge
You may not qualify if…
- Active tuberculosis
- Current mental health crisis (i.e., currently experiencing significant mania, psychosis, or suicidality)
- Unable to ambulate independently
- Acute medical condition that would impair participant's ability to follow-up for assessments
- Expected discharge to a control institutional setting (e.g., locked state mental health facility or prison)
- Active pregnancy
- Heart attack within the last two weeks
Where it is running
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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