Smoking Cessation Program for Lao People With HIV

"Our team has translated and validated the World Health Organization's A guide for tobacco users to quit into Lao language for use as the self-help guide in this study. Attached to the guide is an information sheet regarding NRT (e.g., patches and lozenges), where to buy them, and how to use them."

The MAP includes text messages, images, and videos with content designed to tap the theoretical mechanisms described in the Phase-Based Model (PBM). That is, treatment content is designed to increase motivation, self-efficacy, use of coping skills, and social support, while reducing nicotine withdrawal symptoms and stress. The MAP will begin immediately after enrollment and continue for a 26-week period. The MAP approach allows for several levels of personalization for each participant, including tailoring to participants' specific health conditions, individual cessation phases, and participants' self-efficacy level or smoking status in the past week.