ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2018
A novel and remote biochemical verification method of smoking abstinence: Predictors of participant compliance.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smoking Behaviors Among Black and Hispanic Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 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
- Do Smartphone Apps Impact Long-Term Smoking Cessation for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults? Exploratory Results from a 2-Arm Randomized Trial Comparing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Standard US Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of homosexuality · 2025Trial
- Relative Efficacy of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Smartphone App with a Standard US Clinical Practice Guidelines-Based App for Smoking Cessation in Dual Users of Combustible and Electronic Cigarettes: Secondary Findings from a Randomized Trial.Substance use & misuse · 2024Trial
- Use of e-Cigarettes in Cigarette Smoking Cessation: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Smartphone Applications for Cessation of Tobacco Use among Adults with High Nicotine Dependence: Results from the iCanQuit Randomized Trial.Substance use & misuse · 2023Trial
- Full-scale Randomized Trial Comparing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Telephone-Delivered Coaching With Standard Telephone-Delivered Coaching Among Medicare/Uninsured Quitline Callers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of smartphone applications for smoking cessation in heavy-drinking adults: Secondary analysis of the iCanQuit randomized trial.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Smoking Cessation Smartphone App Use Over Time: Predicting 12-Month Cessation Outcomes in a 2-Arm Randomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smartphone application for helping rural populations quit smoking: Results from the iCanQuit randomized trial.Preventive medicine · 2022Trial
- Efficacy and utilization of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smartphone application for smoking cessation among Black adults: secondary analysis of the iCanQuit randomized trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Trial
- Efficacy and utilization of smartphone applications for smoking cessation among low-income adults: Secondary analysis of the iCanQuit randomized trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- A Facebook intervention to address cigarette smoking and heavy episodic drinking: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Connectedness Based on Shared Engagement Predicts Remote Biochemically Verified Quit Status Within Smoking Cessation Treatment Groups on Facebook.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Trial
- Healthy Pregnancies Project: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Intervention to Reduce Tobacco Use among Alaska Native Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Protocol for a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology-assisted motivational interviewing (TAMI) chatbot on smoking cessation.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- App-Based Smoking Urge Reduction Intervention for Young Adults: Protocol Combining a Microrandomized Trial and Conventional Between-Subject Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Micro-randomized pilot trial of an app-based smoking urge reduction intervention for young adults.mHealth · 2025Article
- Do medications increase the efficacy of digital interventions for smoking cessation? Secondary results from the iCanQuit randomized trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- Using Reddit as a recruitment strategy for addiction science research.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionBiochemical verification of smoking abstinence remains an important validity check of cessation trial outcomes. Digital health trials rarely establish in-person contacts between participants and intervention providers, requiring novel strategies to biochemically verify outcomes. We describe remote verification of smoking abstinence via saliva cotinine and individual predictors of compliance in a digital intervention.
methodsData came from a feasibility trial and randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults. In both trials, participants completed baseline and follow-up surveys at 3, 6 and 12 months. Participants indicating past 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence were mailed a saliva cotinine kit. Participants were instructed to electronically send two photos - one of them giving a saliva sample and the other with the test results. We investigated predictors of compliance with these procedures, independent of verification results, among participants that were mailed a kit at any follow-up point (N=130; mean age = 21.3; 59.2% female) using logistic and multinomial regression.
resultsA total of 189 kits were sent out, of which 97 were completed (51.3% compliance). We did not identify significant predictors of completing any vs no kits using logistic regression. We also found no significant predictors of extent of kit completion (none vs some; none vs all) using multinomial regression and controlling for number of kits sent.
conclusionsFindings demonstrate the feasibility of this biochemical verification method and suggest low risk for bias of results. Future studies should replicate findings in larger samples and improve compliance with verification procedures.
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