About the study

The FIRST cluster randomized trial will evaluate the effect of 1) a training program encouraging general practitioners to offer smoking cessation treatment as a default choice to all current smokers consulting a general practitioner (GP), and 2) an interactive, electronic decision aid to guide smoking cessation treatment, on the proportion of current smokers seen in primary care who have quit smoking 6 months after a baseline visit to their GP, as compared to enhanced usual care.

Who can take part?

You may be eligible to participate in the study if you meet the following criteria:

Inclusion criteria

1. Consider the GP they are seeing in consultation to be their primary care doctor
2. Use tobacco daily (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco)
3. ≥18 years of age at the time of inclusion Patient-level

Exclusion criteria

1. Consulting for an urgent complaint that precludes even a brief discussion of smoking cessation
2. Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. unable to read French-language consent materials, severe psychiatric disorders, dementia, etc.
3. Previous enrolment in a smoking cessation trial <1 year prior
4. Current daily user of a pharmacologic smoking cessation aid GP-level

For a full list of inclusion/exclusion criteria, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov

Study locations

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How to apply

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