Community-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Stress Sensitivity.
Efficacy and Implementation of Exercise-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Anxiety Sensitivity.
Jasper A. Smits
360 participants
Dec 27, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Anxiety sensitivity, reflecting the fear of bodily sensations, is a risk factor for the maintenance and relapse of smoking. This study is designed to address the question - is a smoking cessation intervention personalized to high anxiety sensitive smokers and adapted for implementation by the YMCA effective among racially/ethnically diverse samples?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Adult (age ≥ 18);
- High Anxiety Sensitivity (≥5 on the Short Scale Anxiety Sensitivity Index \[SSASI\]);
- Daily smoker, ≥5 cigarettes (including e-cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos) for ≥1 year;
- Motivated to quit smoking as evidenced by a score of ≥5 on a 0-10 Likert scale;
- Body mass index \<40;
- Medical clearance to participate.
- Located near a participating YMCA site (within 50 miles)
Exclusion Criteria4
- Regular exercise defined as engaging in vigorous-intensity exercise for at least 75 minutes per week for the last 3 months
- Receiving current intervention for smoking cessation.
- Outstanding debt to the YMCA
- Listed as a sex offender on the National Sex Offender Registry
Interventions
Participants will select a YMCA branch and will be assigned a personal fitness instructor who will oversee a 15-week exercise intervention. The weekly exercise prescription is 75 minutes of aerobic training.
Participants will receive the standard tobacco cessation package of up to 5 proactive interactions from the Texas Tobacco Quitline (TTQ). Interactions are typically phone calls, but can be chat or live text if the participant prefers. Interaction 1 is for assessment and quit date planning, Interaction 2 occurs prior to the quit date and can be a group session, Interaction 3 occurs shortly following the quit date, and Interactions 4 and 5 are for relapse prevention if the smoker has quit or problem solving if they have not quit. TTQ also offers a tobacco cessation text messaging program and access to a web portal with a variety of cessation resources.
On the target quit day (week 6), participants will be provided 8 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy (24-hour transdermal nicotine patches \[TNP\]).
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NCT06053567