Brief advice and active referral for smoking cessation services among community smokers: a study protocol for randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most smokers do not use smoking cessation (SC) services although it increases successful quits. Passive referral providing SC information to smokers is commonly used in SC studies. Little was known about active referral in the community setting. This study aims to motivate community smokers to quit by brief SC advice using a validated AWARD model (Ask, Warn, Advise, Refer and Do-it-again) that adjunct with active referral of smokers to various SC services in Hong Kong.

Methods/design

This is a single-blinded, parallel three-armed cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two treatment groups of (1) brief SC advice using the AWARD model, active referral to SC services plus a referral card and a health warning leaflet (active referral group) and (2) brief SC ad

SUBMITTER: Suen YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4866301 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature