Electronic Cigarettes as a Harm Reduction Strategy Among People With Opioid Use Disorder on Buprenorphine
Prisma Health-Upstate
Summary
This project aims to investigate the impact of e-cigarette flavors and usage patterns on achieving harm-reduction milestones in a sample of cigarette smokers with opioid use disorder who are taking buprenorphine
Eligibility
- Age range
- 21+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria * Age ≥21 years * Smoke ≥5 CPD for ≥1 year * Daily CC smoker * Willing to switch to EC * Exhaled CO ≥6 ppm * Diagnosed with OUD * Stable on bupropion treatment * In good physical and mental health * Able to use a smartphone * Willing to participate in all study components * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria * Interested in quitting CC (contemplation stage of change) * Use of EC on ≥4 of the past 30 days * Use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigars, smokeless tobacco) on ≥9 days of the past 30 days * Use of nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation m…
Interventions
- BehavioralBrief individual counseling sessions
Five brief, individual counseling sessions will provide education, behavioral support, and motivational strategies to facilitate switching from combustible cigarette use to EC
Location
- Addiction Medicine CenterGreenville, South Carolina