TY  - JOUR
A1  - Haug, Severin
A1  - Paz Castro, Raquel
A1  - Filler, Andreas
A1  - Kowatsch, Tobias
A1  - Fleisch, Elgar
A1  - Schaub, Michael P.
T1  - Efficacy of an internet and SMS-based integrated smoking cessation and alcohol intervention for smoking cessation in young people: Study protocol of a two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
T2  - BMC Public Health
N2  - Background: Tobacco smoking prevalence continues to be high, particularly among adolescents and young adults with lower educational levels, and is therefore a serious public health problem. Tobacco smoking and problem drinking often co-occur and relapses after successful smoking cessation are often associated with alcohol use. This study aims at testing the efficacy of an integrated smoking cessation and alcohol intervention by comparing it to a smoking cessation only intervention for young people, delivered via the Internet and mobile phone.

Methods/Design: A two-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial with one follow-up assessment after 6 months will be conducted. Participants in the integrated intervention group will: (1) receive individually tailored web-based feedback on their drinking behaviour based on age and gender norms, (2) receive individually tailored mobile phone text messages to promote drinking within low-risk limits over a 3-month period, (3) receive individually tailored mobile phone text messages to support smoking cessation for 3 months, and (4) be offered the option of registering for a more intensive program that provides strategies for smoking cessation centred around a self-defined quit date. Participants in the smoking cessation only intervention group will only receive components (3) and (4). Study participants will be 1350 students who smoke tobacco daily/occasionally, from vocational schools in Switzerland. Main outcome criteria are 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence and cigarette consumption assessed at the 6-month follow up.

Discussion: This is the first study testing a fully automated intervention for smoking cessation that simultaneously addresses alcohol use and interrelations between tobacco and alcohol use. The integrated intervention can be easily implemented in various settings and could be used with large groups of young people in a cost-effective way.
KW  - Raucherentwöhnung
KW  - Alkoholmissbrauch
KW  - Jugend
KW  - Intervention <Medizin>
KW  - Internet
KW  - Handy
KW  - tobacco
KW  - smoking cessation
KW  - alcohol
KW  - young people
KW  - internet
KW  - mobile phone
Y1  - 2014
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/156
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-1566
VL  - 14
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - BMC
ER  -