Testing the Impact of Smartphone-based Messaging to Support Young Adult Smoking Cessation

Description

Clinical practice guidelines for smoking cessation emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help patients develop coping strategies for urges. Mindfulness or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offer a different approach, which teaches smokers psychological flexibility through accepting negative experiences. While there is evidence for the efficacy of both CBT and Mindfulness/ACT smoking cessation interventions, it is unclear if these approaches are efficacious when implemented in real-time and with young adults. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of CBT and Mindfulness/ACT messages for young adults targeted at specific high-risk situations for smoking.

Conditions

Tobacco Cigarette Smoking

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Clinical practice guidelines for smoking cessation emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help patients develop coping strategies for urges. Mindfulness or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offer a different approach, which teaches smokers psychological flexibility through accepting negative experiences. While there is evidence for the efficacy of both CBT and Mindfulness/ACT smoking cessation interventions, it is unclear if these approaches are efficacious when implemented in real-time and with young adults. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of CBT and Mindfulness/ACT messages for young adults targeted at specific high-risk situations for smoking.

Testing the Impact of Smartphone-based Messaging to Support Young Adult Smoking Cessation

Testing the Impact of Smartphone-based Messaging to Support Young Adult Smoking Cessation

Condition
Tobacco Cigarette Smoking
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. live in the U.S.
  • 2. read English;
  • 3. are between 18 and 30 years of age;
  • 4. own an iPhone or Android smartphone;
  • 5. have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 3 cigarettes per day on 5 or more days of the week;
  • 6. are planning to quit smoking within the next 30 days.
  • * None

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,

Johannes Thrul, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30