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ER smokers get E-Cig kits in bold Quit-Smoking trial

NCT ID NCT04854616

Disease control Sponsor: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing
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Completed This study
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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether offering smokers an e-cigarette starter kit, brief advice, and a referral to stop-smoking services in the emergency department helps them quit. Nearly 1,000 adult daily smokers took part. The main goal was to see if more people stayed smoke-free for six months compared to usual care.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
e-cigarette starter kit with brief smoking cessation advice and referral to stop smoking services
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could offer a practical way to help smokers quit when they visit the emergency department, reducing smoking-related diseases.
What could go wrong
The trial is completed but results are not yet widely known. E-cigarettes have their own health risks, and long-term quit rates may be modest. The intervention may not work for all smokers.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

972 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2022

Finished

Sep 2023

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 100 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults ≥18 years old who are current daily tobacco smokers 2. Current daily tobacco smoker (self-reporting smoking of at least one cigarette per day) 3. Attending the ED for medical treatment (or accompanying a patient attending for medical treatment) 4. Submitting an expired carbon monoxide (CO) breath test reading of more than ≥8 parts per million (ppm). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Requiring immediate medical treatment as defined by the treating clinician. 2. In police custody. 3. Known history of allergy to nicotine replacement products. 4. Currently defined as dual users - already using an e-cigarette daily as well as smoking conventional cigarettes. 5. Without the capacity to give informed consent for participation in the study 6. Have taken part in the CoSTED trial already

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Emergencies Smoking Cessation Vaping

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

E-cig use Electronic cigarette use Smoking cessation VAPING

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom

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