Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resource

University of Virginia49 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmokefreeTXT, a smoking cessation text messaging program currently available to anyone in the United States through www.smokefree.gov, and to compare cessation outcomes for smokers living in different regions of Virginia while participants use the program. Participants will be asked to complete assessments at Baseline, 7 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months and will be asked to use a research version of SmokefreeTXT.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Interventions

SmokefreeTXTBEHAVIORAL

The program is identical to the publicly available program available through the National Cancer Institute Smokefree.gov Initiative but has been set up to be delivered through a research account. The program will send 3-5 messages a day over 7 weeks, with one week to prepare for a quit attempt and 6 weeks of cessation support messages. Participants can get real time support for cravings, mood, and slips by texting "keywords" to the program. They keywords are CRAVE, MOOD, and SLIP. Participants can also re-set their quit date by texting NEW. The program asks questions each week to ask about smoking status and about mood and cravings.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 and over * Current cigarette smoker (has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smokes) * Ability to read and speak English * Resident of Virginia * Owns a cell phone Exclusion Criteria: * Not a current smoker (e.g., started a quit attempt between providing interest information and starting the study) * Identity not able to be verified from information provided on interest form * Does not own a cell phone * Pregnant smoker or may become pregnant in the next 6 months * Lives in an area that has met recruitment criteria (after recruitment has begun)

Locations (1)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Self-reported Smoking Cessation

7-day point prevalence of abstinence (Question wording: Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days? Response options: Yes; No)

Time frame: 7 weeks after study start

Self-reported Smoking Cessation

7-day point prevalence of abstinence (Question wording: Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days? Response options: Yes; No)

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

Continuous abstinence, 6 weeks after initiating the quit attempt (Question wording: In the last 6 weeks, have you smoked at all? Response options: Yes; No; Not sure)

Time frame: 7 weeks after study start

Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

Continuous abstinence 3 months after initiating the quit attempt (Question wording: In the last 3 months, have you smoked at all? Response options: Yes; No; Not sure)

Time frame: 3 months

Self-reported Smoking Cessation

7-day point prevalence of abstinence (Question wording: Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days? Response options: Yes; No)

Time frame: 6 months

Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

Continuous abstinence 6 months after initiating the quit attempt (Question wording: In the last 6 months, have you smoked at all? Response options: Yes; No; Not sure)

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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