A Digital Smoking Cessation Program for Heavy Drinkers: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heavy drinking (HD) is far more common among smokers compared with nonsmokers and interferes with successful smoking cessation. Alcohol-focused smoking cessation interventions delivered by counselors have shown promise, but digital versions of these interventions-which could have far greater population reach-have not yet been tested.

Objective

This pilot randomized controlled trial aimed to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effect sizes of an automated digital smoking cessation program that specifically addresses HD using an interactive web-based intervention with an optional text messaging component.

Methods

Participants (83/119, 69.7% female; 98/119, 82.4% white; mean age 38.0 years) were daily smokers recruited on the web from a free automated

SUBMITTER: Kahler CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7308890 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature