Long-Term Outcomes of a Comprehensive Mobile Smoking Cessation Program With Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Adult Smokers: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased smartphone ownership has led to the development of mobile smoking cessation programs. Although the related body of evidence, gathered through the conduct of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), has grown in quality and rigor, there is a need for longer-term data to assess associated smoking cessation durability.

Objective

The primary aim was to compare smoking cessation outcomes at 52 weeks in adult smokers randomized to a mobile smoking cessation program, Pivot (intervention), versus QuitGuide (control). The secondary aims included comparison of other smoking-related behaviors, outcomes and participant feedback, and exploratory analyses of baseline factors associated with smoking cessation.

Methods

In this remote pilot RCT, cigarette smokers in t

SUBMITTER: Marler JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546267 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature