Dropout and Abstinence Outcomes in a National Text Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention for Pregnant Women, SmokefreeMOM: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-level text messaging smoking cessation interventions may reduce racial and ethnic differences in smoking among pregnant women.

Objective

Our objective was to examine racial and ethnic differences in dropout, response, and abstinence rates among users of a US national, publicly available text messaging cessation intervention targeting pregnant women, SmokefreeMOM.

Methods

Participants were online subscribers to SmokefreeMOM who set a prospective quit date within the 9 months before their due date. We examined demographics, smoking frequency, number of cigarettes smoked per day, and prequit time (up to 14 days of preparation time before quit date) as correlates of response rate and abstinence at 8 time points: quit date, day 7, day 14, day 21, day

SUBMITTER: Kamke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803886 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature