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Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2014

A randomized trial of Text2Quit: a text messaging program for smoking cessation.

Lorien C Abroms, Ashley L Boal, Samuel J Simmens, Judith A Mendel, Richard A Windsor

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03800719 (Personalized Support Using Instant Messaging Applications to Increase Smoking Cessation in Smokers Proactively Recruited From Smoking Hotspots in Hong Kong), which is not on this map. Cited by 140 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03800719 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Personalized Support Using Instant Messaging Applications to Increase Smoking Cessation in Smokers Proactively Recruited From Smoking Hotspots in Hong Kong: a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2018 to 2020Enrolled696ConditionsSmoking CessationArmsAWARD advice, Health warning leaflet, Active referral to smoking cessation (SC) services, Regular messages through Instant Messaging (IM), Psychosocial support and referral to SC services through IM
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Effectiveness and Acceptability of Conversational Agents for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  10. Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  15. Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  16. Effects of a Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Cessation in Young Females: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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80 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lorien C AbromsMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Electronic address: lorien@gwu.edu.
Ashley L BoalMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Samuel J SimmensMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Judith A MendelMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Richard A WindsorMilken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.

Funding

Using Email to Enhance Counseling Services at NCI's Smoking Cessation QuitlineK07CA124579 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ABROMS, LORIEN C · 2008 to 2012
$751k
NCI NIH HHS 5K07 CA124579-02NCI NIH HHS K07 CA124579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundText messaging programs on mobile phones have shown some promise in helping people quit smoking. Text2Quit is an automated, personalized, interactive mobile health program that sends text messages to offer advice, support, and reminders about quitting smoking. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of Text2Quit on biochemically confirmed repeated point prevalence abstinence in the context of an RCT conducted in the U.S.

methodsParticipants (n=503) were recruited on the Internet and randomized to receive Text2Quit or self-help material. Between 2011 and 2013, participants were surveyed at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months post-enrollment to assess smoking status. Saliva was collected from participants who reported not smoking in the past 7 days at the 6-month follow-up. An intent to treat analysis was used, and those lost to follow-up were categorized as smokers. All analyses were completed in 2013.

resultsBiochemically confirmed repeated point prevalence abstinence favored the intervention group, with 11.1% abstinent compared to 5.0% of the control group (relative risk=2.22, 95% CI=1.16, 4.26, p<0.05). Similarly, self-reported repeated point prevalence abstinence was higher in the intervention group (19.9%) than in the control group (10.0%) (p<0.01). Effects were found to be uniform across the analyzed demographic subgroups, although suggestive of a larger effect for non-whites than whites.

conclusionsThese results provide initial support for the relative efficacy of the Text2Quit program.

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Cell PhoneText MessagingAdultFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedSalivaSmokingSmoking CessationSmoking PreventionTelemedicineTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

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PMID24913220
PMCPMC4545234

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