Peer-Delivery of a Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women Living in Disadvantaged Communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2)-A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Catherine B HayesJenny PattersonStefania CastelloEmma BurkeNicola O'ConnellCatherine D DarkerLinda BauldJoanne VanceAurelia CiblisFiona DobbieKirsty LoudonDeclan DevaneNadine DougallPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2022)
This pilot trial showed that a stop-smoking intervention tailored to a group of women smokers living in SED areas which was delivered by trained local women within their local communities was feasible. Furthermore, although not formally compared, more WCQ women were abstinent from smoking at the end of treatment. The results are relevant to enhance the design of a fully powered effectiveness trial, and provide important evidence on the barriers to deliver a tailored smoking cessation service to SED women smokers in Ireland.