Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022
Effectiveness of an optimized text message and Internet intervention for smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial.
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- Effectiveness of eHealth Smoking Cessation Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and long-term engagement of a WeChat-integrated modality versus a traditional quitline on smoking cessation in China: a randomised controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- Usability and cultural adaptation of a text message-based tobacco cessation intervention for people living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Applying Green Heart, a Smartphone-Based Self-management Intervention to Control Smoking: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2024Trial
- Tailored text message and web intervention for smoking cessation in U.S. socioeconomically-disadvantaged young adults: A randomized controlled trial.Preventive medicine · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of an optimized text message and Internet intervention for smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Trial
- Smoking cessation in adolescents and effective strategies: a position paper.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Safe spaces enhancing sexual and reproductive health for youth: a scoping review.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Perspectives, motivations, and experiences of adolescents and young adults using nicotine vapes: a qualitative review.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Digital Intervention for Tobacco Cessation Among Adults: A Systematic Review.Addiction & health · 2025Review
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for Tobacco Cessation Among African American Individuals.Current addiction reports · 2025Review
- Predicting Early Dropout in a Digital Tobacco Cessation Intervention: Replication and Extension Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Technology-based interventions for tobacco smoking prevention and treatment: a 20-year bibliometric analysis (2003-2022).Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- Pediatrician-Delivered Smoking-Cessation Messages for Parents: An Update.Academic pediatrics · 2023Review
- Utilization and Effectiveness of a Message-Based Tobacco Cessation Program (mCessation) in the Chinese General Population: Longitudinal, Real-world Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsTo evaluate the effectiveness of a combined internet and text message intervention for smoking cessation compared with an internet intervention alone. The text message intervention was optimized for engagement in an earlier multiphase optimization (MOST) screening phase.
designA parallel, two-group, individually randomized clinical trial (RCT) was conducted in a MOST confirming phase. Recruitment spanned December 2018 to March 2019. Follow-up was conducted at 3 and 9 months, beginning March 2019 and ending January 2020.
settingUnited States: a digital study conducted among new registrants on a free tobacco cessation website.
participantsEligible individuals were 618 adult current smokers in the United States, age 18 years or older who signed up for text messages during website registration (67.2% female, 70.4% white).
interventionsThe treatment arm (WEB+TXT; n = 311) received access to the website and text messaging. The control arm (WEB; n = 307) received access to the website alone. MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was self-reported 30-day point prevalence abstinence (ppa) at 9 months post-randomization analyzed under intent to treat (ITT), counting non-responders as smoking. Secondary outcomes included 3-month measures of 30-day ppa, intervention engagement and intervention satisfaction.
findingsAbstinence rates at 9 months were 23.1% among WEB+TXT and 23.2% among WEB (OR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.69-1.45; P = 0.99). WEB+TXT increased engagement with 5 of 6 interactive features (standardized mean difference (SMD) = 0.26-0.47, all P < 0.001) and repeat website visits (48.7% vs 38.9%, SMD = 0.14, P = 0.02). Satisfaction metrics favored WEB+TXT (satisfied: 96.3% vs 90.5%, SMD = 0.17, P = 0.008; recommend to friend: 95.9% vs 90.1%, SMD = 0.16, P = 0.028).
conclusionsA randomized controlled trial found no evidence that a combined internet and text message intervention for smoking cessation compared with an internet intervention alone increased 9-month abstinence rates among adult current smokers in the United States, despite evidence of higher levels of intervention engagement and satisfaction at 3 months.
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