Quit2Heal Smartphone App in Helping Cancer Patients Quit Smoking

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive the Quit2Heal app and are encouraged to use it frequently. During the entire 12-month follow-up period, the app will remain fully available anytime study participants wish to use it.

ARM II: Patients receive the QuitGuide app and are encouraged to use it frequently. During the entire 12-month follow-up period, the app will remain fully available anytime study participants wish to use it.

After randomization, patients are followed up at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or older
• Diagnosed with cancer within the past 24 months or currently receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment in the next 3 months
• Smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 30 days
• Interested in learning skills to quit smoking
• Willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application
• Live in the United States and will remain in the United States (US) for the next 12 months
• Have at least daily access to their own smartphone
• Know how to download a smartphone application
• Be willing and able to read English
• Not currently (i.e., within past 30 days) using other smoking cessation interventions
• Have never participated in our prior research trials
• Have never used the National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s QuitGuide app
• Being willing to complete a follow-up survey at 3, 6, and 12 months post-randomization
• Providing email, phone number(s), and mailing address

Exclusion criteria

• Currently (i.e., within past 30 days) using other smoking cessation interventions
• Has participated in our prior research trials
• Has used the NCI's QuitGuide app
• Not willing to complete a follow-up survey at 3, 6, and 12 months post-randomization
• Not providing email, phone number(s), and mailing address