Targeting mailed nicotine patch distribution interventions to rural regions of Canada: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quitting smoking is the most effective way of reducing the risk of cancer among smokers. One way of helping people stop smoking is to provide them with free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), such as when NRT is sent to people by postal mail as part of a mass distribution initiative. Our previous research indicated that there may be a substantial impact on increasing quit rates of a mailed NRT intervention in rural areas. The current research seeks to confirm this finding and to understand the social determinants of health driving these anticipated large effects.

Methods/design

Telephone numbers will be randomly selected from across rural regions of Canada in order to recruit adult smokers interested in completing a smoking survey and willing to be interviewed ag

SUBMITTER: Cunningham JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684960 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature