Randomized controlled trial of the combined effects of Web and Quitline interventions for smokeless tobacco cessation》.pdf

Internet Interventions 2 (2015) 143–151 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Internet Interventions journal homepage: / Randomized controlled trial of the combined effects of Web and Quitline interventions for smokeless tobacco cessation Brian G. Danaher a,⁎, Herbert H. Severson a, Shu-Hong Zhu b, Judy A. Andrews a, Sharon E. Cummins b, Edward Lichtenstein a, Gary J. Tedeschi b, Coleen Hudkins a, Chris Widdop a, Ryann Crowley a, John R. Seeley a a Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace Drive, Eugene, OR 97403, USA b Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0905 La Jolla, CA, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Background: Use of smokeless tobacco (moist snuff and chewing tobacco) is a significant public health problem Received 25 January 2015 but smokeless tobacco users have few resources to help them quit. Web programs and telephone-based pro- Received in revised form 28 February 2015 grams (Quitlines) have been shown to be effective for smoking cessation. We evaluate the effectiveness of a Accepted 28 February 2015 Web program, a Quitline, and the combination of the two for smokeless users recruited via the Web. Available online 10 March 2015 Objectives: To test whether offering both a Web and Quitline intervention for smokeless tobacco users results in significantly better long-term tobacco abstinence outcomes than offering either intervent