Enhanced Smoking Cessation for University Students

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To establish the feasibility of a new smoking cessation and prevention intervention
including two new modules addressing alcohol use and depression.

II. Demonstrate the feasibility of a smoking prevention website.

OUTLINE: Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Participants who currently smoke complete a survey over 30 minutes and discuss the
survey results with the counselor over 30 minutes at week 2. Participants also complete 3
internet surveys over 20 minutes.

ARM II: Participants who currently do not smoke complete a survey over 30 minutes and discuss
the survey results with the counselor over 30 minutes at week 2.

After completion of study, participants are followed up at 3 months.

Inclusion Criteria:

- CESSATION ARM: Student at University of Houston Central Campus or Texas A&M University

- CESSATION ARM: Smoke 1 or more cigarettes a day

- CESSATION ARM: Speak and read English

- CESSATION ARM: Signed informed consent and an acknowledgement of participation
requirements

- CESSATION ARM: Be enrolled in at least one class at respective campus at baseline

- CESSATION ARM: Provide current contact information

- CESSATION ARM: Have access to the Internet

- PREVENTION ARM: Student at University of Houston Central Campus or Texas A&M
University

- PREVENTION ARM: Speak and read English

- PREVENTION ARM: Signed Informed Consent and an acknowledgement of participation
requirements

- PREVENTION ARM: Be enrolled in at least one class at respective campus at baseline

- PREVENTION ARM: Provide current contact information

- PREVENTION ARM: Have access to the Internet

- PREVENTION ARM: Evidence of smoking susceptibility (as defined by the Smoking
Susceptibility Scale)

- CESSATION ARM: Willing to answer all survey questions on all survey instruments
throughout the duration of study

- PREVENTION ARM: Willing to answer all survey questions on all survey instruments
throughout the duration of study

Exclusion Criteria:

- CESSATION ARM: Evidence of major depressive disorder (as defined by PHQ-9 [Patient
Health Questionnaire-9])

- CESSATION ARM: Evidence of severe alcohol abuse (as defined by AUDIT [Alcohol Use
Disorders Identification Test] measure)

- PREVENTION ARM: Current tobacco use

- PREVENTION ARM: Does not plan to continue as a student at their campus for at least
one more year

- CESSATION ARM: Does not plan to continue as a student at their campus for at least one
more year

- PREVENTION ARM: Evidence of major depressive disorder (as defined by PHQ-9 [Patient
Health Questionnaire-9])

- PREVENTION ARM: Evidence of severe alcohol abuse (as defined by AUDIT measure)

- CESSATION ARM: Pregnancy