Helping low-income smokers quit: findings from a randomized controlled trial comparing specialized quitline services with and without social needs navigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quitting smoking is especially challenging for low-income smokers due to high stress, high smoking prevalence around them, and limited support for quitting. This study aimed to determine whether any of three interventions designed specifically for low-income smokers would be more effective than standard tobacco quitline services: a specialized quitline, the specialized quitline with social needs navigation, or the standard quitline with social needs navigation.

Methods

Using a randomized 2 × 2 factorial design, low-income daily cigarette smokers (n = 1944) in Missouri, USA who called a helpline seeking assistance with food, rent or other social needs were assigned to receive Standard Quitline alone (n = 485), Standard Quitline + Social Needs Navigation</

SUBMITTER: Kreuter MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10319314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature