Extended Intervention for Tobacco Use (EXIT) for People Experiencing Homelessness
University of California, San Francisco
Summary
This study is investigating tobacco use and providing tobacco treatment among people experiencing homelessness in California, in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence tobacco abstinence at 6-months follow-up. II. Use expired carbon monoxide (CO) to confirm self-reports of abstinence using a cut-off of CO ≤5 parts per million (ppm). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Biochemically-verified 7-day point prevalence tobacco abstinence at 3-months follow-up. II. Measured at 6-months follow-up, a total number of expired carbon monoxide (CO-negative samples). III. Measured at 6-months follow-up, longest duration of abstinence (i.e., total number of uninterrupted days abstinent), proportion with 50% re…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18 years or older 2. Able to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study. 3. Ability of individual to understand a written informed consent document, and the willingness to sign it. 4. Staying at the recruitment site and meeting criteria for homelessness as defined by the Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing Act. 5. Current smoking (smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day (cpd), verified via expired carbon monoxide (CO) \>= 8 ppm using Micro+pro Smokerlyzer). 6. Having an intention to quit smoking within the nex…
Interventions
- DrugNicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
NRT will be administered as patch (transdermal), gum, or lozenge
- BehavioralWellness Coaching
Delivered via phone call
Location
- University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, California