My Path to Quit Tobacco
Start Date
7/6/2026
Completion Date
1/1/2030
Summary
The overarching goal of this program of research is to reduce smoking-related health disparities by increasing smoking cessation among Black adults. The goal of this research proposal is to determine whether more intensive, culturally specific, evidence-based interventions are more effective at promoting long-term cessation and other key patient-centered outcomes compared to the usual evidence-based standard of care: services provided by a state-run quitline. This study compares the relative effectiveness of three different treatments (Standard, Intensive, and Intensive Incentivized) on long-term smoking cessation (biochemically confirmed abstinence from combusted tobacco at 26-weeks post-target quit day) among Black adults who smoke and want to quit.
Detailed Description
Primary Objective: Identify the most effective treatment for increasing long-term smoking abstinence among Black adults who smoke. Secondary Objectives: * Compare the 3 interventions on key patient-relevant outcomes (e.g., treatment satisfaction, smoke fewer cigarettes per day, quality of life) using validated measures collected at 8 and 26 weeks post-target quit day (TQD) * Identify subgroups for whom these treatments are especially effective or ineffective with respect to the primary and secondary outcomes. * Compare indices of treatment engagement (e.g., percentage of counseling sessions attended, percentage of days used nicotine patch) among Black people who smoke and are randomly assigned to the 3 different treatment conditions.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 21 years to No maximum
Interventions
Nicotine patch
Quitline Counseling Phone Calls
Counseling Sessions
Pathways to Freedom
Monetary Incentive
Conditions
Locations
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
United States
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
United States
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia 23298
United States
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
United States