Texting to Promote Tobacco Abstinence in Emergency Department Smokers: A Pilot Study

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2014

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2014

Conditions
SmokingTobacco Abstinence
Interventions
OTHER

Smokefree TXT Program

The SmokeFreeTxt program is a library consisting of \~130 brief messages that can be proactively sent to smokers' cellphones using software developed and maintained by NCI. The message content is informed by principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. They are sent to smokers at random times of day (during normal waking hours), up to 5 messages per day.

DRUG

nicotine replacement patches

Subject will be given 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches, based on the amount he/she is smoking at baseline.

DRUG

Nicotine Replacement Gum

Subjects will be given 10 pieces of 2mg Nicotine Replacement Gum x 28 days.

BEHAVIORAL

Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

A faxed referral will be sent to the CT Smokers Quitline for the subject.

Trial Locations (1)

06510

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

lead

Yale University

OTHER

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