Testing the Impact of Smartphone-based Messaging to Support Young Adult Smoking Cessation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
160 participants
Oct 22, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Clinical practice guidelines for smoking cessation emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help patients develop coping strategies for urges. Mindfulness or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offer a different approach, which teaches smokers psychological flexibility through accepting negative experiences. While there is evidence for the efficacy of both CBT and Mindfulness/ACT smoking cessation interventions, it is unclear if these approaches are efficacious when implemented in real-time and with young adults. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of CBT and Mindfulness/ACT messages for young adults targeted at specific high-risk situations for smoking.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- live in the U.S.
- read English;
- are between 18 and 30 years of age;
- own an iPhone or Android smartphone;
- have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 3 cigarettes per day on 5 or more days of the week;
- are planning to quit smoking within the next 30 days.
Exclusion Criteria1
- None
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Interventions
Intervention messages in the proposed trial will address specific high-risk situations for smoking and smoking urges. Messages will focus on two key situational triggers for message matching: 1. Stress (high/low) and 2. Presence of other smokers (yes/no). For each situation, characterized by a combination of these characteristics, several messages were developed. To improve user engagement with the intervention, all messages contain visual content in form of pictures.
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NCT05836103