Overview
This study will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of three smoking cessation therapies: mobile health (mHealth) application iCanQuit, mHealth application iCanQuit + Motiv8, and the Florida quit line.
Description
The research team will recruit 1,332 adult patients who smoke from primary care clinics in North Central Florida, focusing on: (a) the relative effectiveness of the 3 treatments in adult patients who smoke cigarettes, in underserved urban and rural primary care settings. The team will assign patients by chance to one of the 3 treatments. Smoking cessation will be confirmed with a breath test (measured at 2, 6, and 12 months). The study will measure the effects of these treatments in based on gender, race, ethnicity, rurality, and social vulnerability; (b) their effects on patients' quality of life, self-confidence in quitting, and satisfaction with the treatments; and (c) their impact on patients' reported levels of motivation, commitment to values, and acceptance of triggers for smoking.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥21 years old
- Referred by the provider via Ask-Advise-Connect
- Receiving care at one of the participating clinics
- Daily access to their own smart phone (the study team will provide assistance to patients without a phone to obtain one through aid programs for low-income patients)
- No household members already enrolled
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unstable medical or psychiatric illness