Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resources: Does Rurality Matter?
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
- Enrollment
- 49
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Self-reported Smoking Cessation
Study Overview
Brief 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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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)
Arms & Interventions
SmokfreeTXT
Research version of the publicly available SmokefreeTXT program
Intervention: SmokefreeTXT (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Self-reported Smoking Cessation
Time Frame: 3 months
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)
Self-reported Smoking Cessation
Time Frame: 7 weeks after study start
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)
Secondary Outcomes
- Self-reported Continuous Abstinence(6 months)
- Self-reported Smoking Cessation(6 months)
- Self-reported Continuous Abstinence(7 weeks after study start)
- Self-reported Continuous Abstinence(3 months)
Investigators
Kara Wiseman, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia