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Incentive-based Intervention for Smoking Cessation and Prevention in High Schools

A Phase 1 interventional study of Incentives for being tobacco free in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, sponsored by Yale University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-07-04.

Sponsored by Yale University · Phase 1, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,651
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
13 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to design an incentive-based intervention to motivate a tobacco-free lifestyle among high school students and to pilot the intervention in the first academic year in two schools (CT and NY) and examine feasibility and acceptability. Preliminary efficacy of the intervention will be assessed by implementing it in two new schools (CT and NY) in the second academic year and determine an effect size estimate for a larger trial.

The study is intended to assess the number of students joining the program and pledging to be smoke-free and to examine changes in tobacco use rates and attitudes following intervention exposure. We hypothesize that the schools will have lower rates of tobacco use and improvement in attitudes, norms and behavioral control over tobacco use after participating in the program.

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Conditions studied

  • Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Keywords

  • Adolescent tobacco use
  • Tobacco Free and Win
  • Incentive-based intervention
  • Contingency Management
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Smoking cessation
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In context

Lead sponsor

Yale University is the lead sponsor of 1,724 studies on the registry; 298 are open to participants now.

Of its 210 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 126 (60%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • high school student at school that is invited to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no exclusion criteria
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,651 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • BehavioralIncentives for being tobacco free

    Students who join the program will be entered into regularly scheduled drawings throughout the school year to earn incentives for being tobacco free.

    Also known as: Incentive-based program, Tobacco Free and Win, Contingency Management

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of students who join the tobacco free program

    Time frame: at the end of each academic year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in tobacco use rates and attitudes following the intervention exposure

    Time frame: at the end of each academic year

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Study locations

1 site
  • CMHC, Substance Abuse Center
    New Haven, Connecticut 06519, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 4, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01173835
Lead sponsor
Yale University
Collaborators
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Responsible party
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin (Associate Professor, Yale University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 2, 2010
Start date
Jul 2010
Primary completion
May 2011
Completion
May 2011
Last update
Jul 4, 2012

Study contacts

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Ph.D.
principal investigator · Yale University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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