Applying mHealth to Tobacco-related Health Disparities

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand what happens when someone attempts to quit smoking.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Collaborator: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Smoked a minimum of 3 cigarettes per day over the past year

• Expired carbon monoxide reading ≥ 6

• Motivated to quit within the next 30 days

• Valid home address

• Functioning telephone number

• Can speak, read, and write in English

• At least marginal health literacy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication for the nicotine patch (e.g., heart attack, angina, skin allergies) unless a doctor's note is provided

• Endorse current psychosis

• Have a pacemaker or implanted device

• Physically unable to wear equipment and provide a good reading of physiological measures

• Current use of tobacco cessation medications

• Current use of of smoking products other than cigarettes and e-cigarettes

• Involvement in a smoking program or currently trying to quit

• Pregnancy or lactation

• Another household member being enrolled in the study

• No prior experience with a smart phone

• The study staff or principal investigator (PI) have serious concerns about the participant's ability to engage in and/or complete the study protocol.