NCT05055778

Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resource

Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resources: Does Rurality Matter?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Virginia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SmokefreeTXT	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-03
• Primary completion: 2024-02-06
• Completion: 2024-02-06
• First posted: 2021-09-24
• Last updated: 2025-03-03
• Results posted: 2025-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States