IMPACT
Research type
Research Study
Full title
IMPACT" (Interventions for Maximizing Patient and Family smoking Cessation Together)
IRAS ID
352346
Contact name
Berin Krenek
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Papworth Hospital
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Smoking is one of the biggest preventable causes of illness and death in the UK, costing the NHS billions every year. At Royal Papworth Hospital, a programme called Treating Tobacco Dependency (TTD) helps patients who smoke quit using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and behavioural support. This programme has already achieved a 55% quit rate within the last year for patients in hospital. However, living with other smokers can make quitting harder and increase the chances of starting again. Evidence shows that people who live with someone who smokes find it harder to quit or are more likely to start smoking again if they stop.
This study will look at whether helping patients and their families quit smoking together improves outcomes.
This is a feasibility study on family/household based smoking cessation support. Patients who are smokers who have family members who also smoke living in their household will be eligible to participate in this study. If consent is given both patients and family members will be invited to participate in the Trusts TTD programme. Family members will follow the same programme as our patients.
Both our patients and the additional household members will be followed up by our TTD team. All participants will be followed up at 28 days, 3 months and 12 months post start of intervention.
The smoking cessation rate will be compared to the routine TTD data set we have previously collected over the last year before family members were approached. This data will be acting as a control.
The prospectively collected data will also be used to examine the uptake of family members joining the programme.
If successful, this approach could improve health for patients and their families while reducing exposure to harmful second-hand smoke. By supporting entire households, the study could provide evidence for expanding smoking cessation programmes to include family members. This could benefit more people and inform future NHS strategies to help reduce smoking and its health impacts.
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/SC/0044
Date of REC Opinion
10 Feb 2025
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion