Wagener 2012.
Trial name or title | Novel methods to reduce children's secondhand smoke exposure I |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Carers of children (3 to 11 years of age) who smoke and who are not interested in quitting |
Interventions | Three arms: Participants receive electronic cigarettes, dissolvable tobacco lozenges, or dissolvable nicotine lozenges (Nicorette) for use instead of cigarettes when in the presence of their child(ren) for up to 8 weeks. |
Outcomes | Primary outcome measures: • Change in child salivary cotinine [Time Frame: 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks] • Child salivary cotinine measured to assess the level of second‐hand smoke exposure. We will measure the change throughout the study. Secondary outcome measures: • Change in parent and child lung function [Time Frame: 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks]. We will collect both parent and child spirometry data and will compare changes. |
Starting date | April 2012 |
Contact information | Theodore L. Wagener; theodore‐wagener@ouhsc.edu |
Notes | Contacted trial author; currently analysing data; no published manuscripts yet |