TOBACCO USE

This study is testing a proactive outreach program designed to help Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who smoke to quit. Researchers will identify eligible patients through their health records and reach out to connect them with proven quit-smoking treatments like co…

This study tests whether simple text message reminders ('nudges') sent to doctors, patients, or both can help more people living with HIV get connected to proven quit-smoking programs. It compares four different approaches to see which is most effective at getting people referred…

This small pilot study is testing whether providing e-cigarettes is a practical way to help adults aged 50 and older, who are in treatment for opioid addiction and currently smoke, switch from regular cigarettes. Participants are not trying to quit smoking. The study compares giv…

This study is testing a counseling program designed to help people who have recently had a heart attack. The program combines support for quitting smoking with techniques to manage low mood or depression, as these issues often occur together and can worsen heart health. Researche…

This study is testing whether a short group therapy program can help men in prison quit smoking. Researchers will compare three approaches: a multi-session cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program, a single health education session, and a waitlist group that gets no immediate h…

This study tested whether automatically referring smokers to quit-smoking programs (unless they decline) works better than asking them to actively sign up. Researchers compared these two approaches among 1,365 veterans at VA clinics in New York. The goal was to see which method g…

This study is testing if a fun, robot-assisted escape room game can help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco. About 200 fifth- and sixth-grade students in Taiwan will either play the educational game or receive standard classroom lessons. Researchers will then measure chang…

This study is testing a program to help Veterans who smoke and have a newly found lung nodule quit smoking. The program sends a personal letter and follows up with automated phone calls to connect them to free quitting resources like counseling and medications. Researchers want t…

This study is testing a program called UP2UTobacco, designed to help 9th-grade students quit or avoid using tobacco and e-cigarettes. Researchers first talked with students to design the program, then are testing it in schools by comparing it to no program at all. The goal is to …

This study aims to help Salvation Army staff connect people who smoke with free quitline services to reduce tobacco use and prevent related cancers. Researchers will test two approaches: training staff to offer these services and providing small incentives for clients to accept i…

This study aims to understand how different tobacco products, like cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco, affect how quickly and well skin wounds heal. Researchers will recruit 60 people who use various tobacco products, plus non-smokers for comparison. They will create…

This research project aims to understand why homeless or at-risk youth in Ottawa use multiple substances like tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs. The study will work directly with about 520 young people and adults, using surveys and interviews to learn about their experiences. Ba…