Brief Advice, Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling, and Active Referral for Expectant Fathers Who Smoke Cigarettes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pregnancy presents an opportunity to engage expectant fathers in smoking cessation, but evidence from randomized clinical trials is scarce.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a proactive, combined intervention for smoking cessation in expectant fathers.

Design, setting, and participants

This pragmatic randomized clinical trial in prenatal clinics in 7 public hospitals in Hong Kong proactively recruited and enrolled 1053 participants from October 10, 2018, to February 8, 2020. Included male adults were 18 years or older, smoked cigarettes daily in the past 3 months, had partners who were pregnant and nonsmoking in the past 30 days, and had a landline or mobile telephone number for follow-up. These participants were randomized to either the interventi

SUBMITTER: Luk TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature