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NCT Number: NCT05055778

Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resource

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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)

Treatment and study plan

SmokefreeTXT

Behavioral

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

    Time frame: 7 weeks after study start

    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)

  2. Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

    Time frame: 3 months

    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)

  3. Self-reported Smoking Cessation

    Time frame: 6 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)

  4. Self-reported Continuous Abstinence

    Time frame: 6 months

    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)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Virginia

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Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Sep 24, 2021
Registry last updated
Mar 3, 2025

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