A Quit Smoking Study Using Smartphones

Inclusion criteria

• being age 18 or older;
• being able to read and write English;
• being willing and able to learn how to use a smartphone if they have not used one before;
• smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day for the past 6 months;
• having an expired carbon monoxide rating of 6 ppm or greater;
• not having been diagnosed with or treated for schizophrenia, psychosis or bipolar disorder in the past 10 years;
• being willing to make a quit attempt in 2 weeks;
• agreeing to attend clinic visits, receive coaching calls, and complete brief smartphone assessments;
• planning to remain in the area for at least the next 2 months;
• using the following alternative tobacco products (a pipe, full sized cigars, snuff or chew) no more than two times a week over the past month;
• being willing to stop using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) for the 6 weeks they are in the study;
• not currently taking bupropion, Wellbutrin, or Zyban;
• if currently using nicotine replacement therapy or Varenicline, agreeing to use only study medication for the duration of the study;
• being willing and able to use the nicotine patch;
• never having had a serious skin reaction or other allergic reaction to the nicotine patch;
• not pregnant, trying to conceive, or nursing;
• if a woman of childbearing potential, agreeing to use or having their partner use an acceptable method of birth control during a 2 month period (1 month of nicotine patch and 1 month after). (Acceptable methods of birth control include: abstinence, condoms, diaphragm, birth control pills or injectable contraceptive [e.g., Depo-Provera], an intrauterine device, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, sterilization, vasectomy, or being more than 2 years post-menopausal.)
• Participants need to report playing video games for no more than 60 minutes a day.
• Although participants can play console games, they need to be willing to not play any mobile games for 6 weeks during the study if they are asked to do so.
• Participants need to report being willing to stay in the study even if they are not at first successful in quitting smoking.
• They need to report that they have a way to get to the clinic.

Exclusion criteria

• They will be excluded if in the last 4 weeks they have been hospitalized for any of the following: a stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, or an abnormal electrocardiogram.