Quitline sign-up and stop-smoking help at community food pantries
Leveraging Community-Based Food Pantry Settings for Provision of Tobacco Cessation Treatment
['FUNDING_R01'] · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · NIH-11247500
This project brings simple quitline sign-up and brief stop-smoking help to adults who use community food pantries.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_R01'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (CLEVELAND, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11247500 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
When you visit a participating food pantry, staff will ask if you smoke, give brief advice about quitting, and offer to connect you directly to the free telephone quitline. The program was co-designed with pantry clients and staff to fit into regular pantry operations, and some pantries will use the new approach while others continue usual services so researchers can compare results. If you agree, pantry staff can help enroll you in quitline counseling on site or provide resources to get started, and the team will track who connects with the quitline and smoking outcomes over time.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are adult smokers (21+) who visit community food pantries and are interested in quitting.
Not a fit: People who do not use food pantries, are younger than 21, do not smoke, or do not want quitline help are unlikely to benefit from this approach.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make it much easier for low-income adults to get free quitline counseling and increase their chances of quitting by offering help where they already go for food.
How similar studies have performed: Related Ask-Advise-Connect programs have increased quitline use and improved quit rates, though adapting this approach specifically to food pantries is a newer effort.
Where this research is happening
CLEVELAND, UNITED STATES
- CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — CLEVELAND, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: KIM-MOZELESKI, JIN E. — CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- Study coordinator: KIM-MOZELESKI, JIN E.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.