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Tobacco Status Project: Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers
Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT02207036
Purpose
This randomized clinical trial will test the efficacy of a Facebook intervention based on the
Transtheoretical Model (Prochaska and DiClemente) and US Public Health Service Clinical
Practice Guidelines with young adults who smoke cigarettes who are age 18 to 25 (N=480).
Official Title
Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers
Stanford Investigator(s)
Judith Prochaska
Senior Associate Vice Provost, Clinical Research Governance and Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- ages 18-25 years old
- english literate
- have access to Smartphone or computer with camera
- indicate they go on Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
- have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette
per day on 3 or more days of the week
Exclusion Criteria:
- do not read English
- younger than 18 or older than 25 years of age
- do not have access to a Smartphone or computer with a camera
- only go on Facebook 3 or fewer days a week
- have smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime or do not currently smoke at
least 1 cigarette per day on 3 or more days of the week
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Facebook intervention
behavioral: Smokefree.gov
Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305