Trial reportNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2017
A Randomized Trial of Adjunct mHealth Abstinence Reinforcement With Transdermal Nicotine and Counseling for Smoking Cessation.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of eHealth Smoking Cessation Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of remotely delivered contingency management treatment for substance use.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Pooled it
- Mobile telephone-delivered contingency management interventions promoting behaviour change in individuals with substance use disorders: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Pooled it
- Competitions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Outcomes of a Comprehensive Mobile Smoking Cessation Program With Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Adult Smokers: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Characterizing nicotine withdrawal in smokers experiencing homelessness.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Remotely delivered incentives to promote buprenorphine treatment engagement in out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
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- Acceptability of a carbon monoxide monitoring feature of a smoking cessation mobile application: a virtual focus group study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Pilot trial of QuitBet: A digital social game that pays you to stop smoking.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Durability of Abstinence After Completing a Comprehensive Digital Smoking Cessation Program Incorporating a Mobile App, Breath Sensor, and Coaching: Cohort Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Technology-Based Contingency Management in the Treatment of Substance-Use Disorders.Perspectives on behavior science · 2019Article
- Contingency management and cognitive behavioral therapy for trauma-exposed smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Current, future and potential use of mobile and wearable technologies and social media data in the ABCD study to increase understanding of contributors to child health.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2018Review
- Which eHealth interventions are most effective for smoking cessation? A systematic review.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Review
- Contingency management treatment for substance use disorders: How far has it come, and where does it need to go?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Review
- Contingency Management: New Directions and Remaining Challenges for An Evidence-Based Intervention.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Review
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Abstract
introductionAbstinence reinforcement is efficacious for improving smoking treatment outcomes, but practical constraints related to the need for multiple in-person carbon monoxide (CO) breath tests daily to verify smoking abstinence have limited its use. This study tested an mHealth procedure to remotely monitor and reinforce smoking abstinence in individuals' natural environment.
methodsEligible treatment-seeking smokers (N = 90) were randomized to (1) usual care and ecological monitoring with abstinence reinforcement (mHealth reinforcement) or (2) without reinforcement (mHealth monitoring). Usual care was 8 weeks of transdermal nicotine and twice-weekly telephone counseling. Following training, an interactive voice response system prompted participants to conduct CO tests 1-3 daily at pseudorandom times (7 am to 10 pm) for 4 weeks. When prompted, participants used a study cell phone and CO monitor to complete a CO self-test, video record the process, and submit videos using multimedia messaging. mHealth reinforcement participants could earn prizes for smoking-negative on-time CO tests. The interactive voice response generated preliminary earnings immediately. Earnings were finalized by comparing video records against participants' self-reports.
resultsmHealth reinforcement was associated with a greater proportion of smoking-negative CO tests, longest duration of prolonged abstinence, and point-prevalence abstinence during the monitoring/reinforcement phase compared to mHealth monitoring (p < .01, d = 0.8-1.3). Follow-up (weeks 4-24) analyses indicated main effects of reinforcement on point-prevalence abstinence and proportion of days smoked (p ≤ .05); values were comparable by week 24.
conclusionsmHealth reinforcement has short-term efficacy. Research on methods to enhance and sustain benefits is needed. IMPLICATIONS: This study suggests that mHealth abstinence reinforcement is efficacious and may present temporal and spatial opportunities to research, engage, and support smokers trying to quit that do not exist with conventional (not technology-based) reinforcement interventions.
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