Integrating Financial Coaching and Smoking Cessation Coaching
Integrating Financial Coaching and Smoking Cessation Coaching for People With Low Income Who Smoke: a Randomized Controlled Trial
NYU Langone Health
488 participants
Dec 8, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study conduct a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. The study will recruit and randomize 900 smokers (n=450 per arm) to either: (1) Control: Standard Smoking Cessation Counseling or (2) Intervention: Integrated Financial-Smoking Cessation Counseling.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria8
- age ≥18 years,
- smokes ≥5 cigarettes per day,
- interested in receiving smoking and financial counseling,
- self-reported income below 200% of the current federal poverty level,
- New York City resident,
- speaks English or Spanish language (the interventions and measures have not been validated in other languages),
- able to provide informed consent, and
- does not have a representative who manages his/her funds.
Exclusion Criteria8
- people who know a current past study participant (to avoid intervention contamination)
- People who have a medical contraindication to using nicotine replacement therapy:
- allergy to nicotine patch
- pregnancy or intention to become pregnant over the next 12 months
- breastfeeding
- heart attack in the past 2 months
- underlying arrhythmia
- ongoing or worsening angina.
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Interventions
The goals of the financial counseling will be to: (1) screen and refer participants to financial benefits and empowerment programs; (2) help participants create and maintain a household budget to meet short- and long-term goals; and (3) help participants link smoking cessation to their budgeting goals.
24 hour dosing system that provides regular, measured nicotine to the bloodstream through the skin. Nicotine patches are available in 3 dosages: 21 mg, 14mg, and 7mg. Patches will be adjusted based on withdrawal symptoms, urges, and comfort. After 4-6 weeks of abstinence, taper ever 2-4 weeks in 7-14 mg steps as tolerated.
General Info 24 hour dosing system that provides regular, measured nicotine to the bloodstream through the skin. Provides regular, measured, amount of nicotine to the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the mouth. As with the patch, the idea is to taper the amount of lozenges used until you no longer need it. Provides regular, measured, amount of nicotine to the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the mouth. As with the patch and lozenge, the idea is to taper the amount of gum chewed until you no longer need it. Comes in 4mg or 2mg. Initial dosing is 1-2 lozenges every 1-2 hours (minimum of 9/day). Taper as tolerated
Provides regular, measured, amount of nicotine to the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the mouth. As with the patch and lozenge, the idea is to taper the amount of gum chewed until you no longer need it. Initial dosing is 1-2 pieces every 1-2 hours (10-12 pieces/day). Taper as tolerated
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NCT05154669