E-cigarette Switching Older Adults

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE · Jul 30, 2024

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Volunteers will be patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) who have been in medication-based treatment (methadone or buprenorphine) at the University of Maryland Addiction Treatment Center (UMATC) at 1001 W Pratt Street for at least 3 months. The 3-month requirement will help to ensure that patients who enroll in this study have been stabilized on methadone and buprenorphine, which are first-line, evidence-based treatments for OUD.

All procedures associated with this study will be conducted at the UMATC. After completion of brief pre-screen questions to determine eligibility (i.e...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. 50 years or older; currently in treatment for opioid use disorder for at least 3 months
• • 2. currently use tobacco (\>100 cigarettes in lifetime and smoke every day or some days)
• • 3. xpired air CO \>8ppm
• • 4. does not regularly use e-cigarettes (regular use defined as use in the past month for 2 or more consecutive days)
• • 5. not pregnant or breastfeeding
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. individuals trying to stop smoking or have a plan to quit smoking
• • 2. people age 49 or younger
• • 3. people who do not currently smoke tobacco