New Typology-Based counseling aims to keep Ex-Smokers Smoke-Free
NCT ID NCT06261385
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new counseling method designed to prevent smoking relapse in people who had recently quit. Researchers worked with 100 ex-smokers in Hong Kong to see if the approach was practical and liked by both counselors and participants. Early results will help decide if a larger trial is worth doing.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria (for Ex-smoker) : * Being a daily smoker before enrolling into the smoking cessation service * Not using cigarettes for past 7 days * Received at least 4 weeks of smoking cessation service before enrolling into the study * Aged 18 years or above * No barriers in speaking and listening Cantonese and Mandarin and reading Chinese Exclusion Criteria (for Ex-smoker) : * Have unstable physical or psychological conditions as advised by doctors or counsellors * Have become pregnant in the past two months Inclusion Criteria (for SC counsellors) : * SC counsellors from local SC clinics under Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Center on Smoking Cessation and United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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LKS Faculty of Medicine
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 00, Hong Kong
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