Motivating Quitline Use Among Smokers in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

The long-term goal of this program of research is to disseminate an effective, brief
computer-based intervention that can be readily integrated into Substance Use Disorders
(SUD) treatment programs to motivate tobacco quitline use in patients who smoke. The overall
objective of this application, which is the first step in the attainment of this long-term
goal, is to fully develop this computer-based intervention, modify it based on initial
piloting and feedback to insure its feasibility and acceptability, and obtain preliminary
data supporting the efficacy of the intervention. This will be accomplished by pursuing
three specific aims: 1) to develop and conduct preliminary pilot testing (n=20) of a brief,
computer-based intervention intended to motivate tobacco quitline use among cigarette
smokers in SUD treatment (TIME-TQ; Tablet computer Intervention to Motivate Engagement in
Tobacco Quitline use) and to develop and pilot test a computer-based, time matched control
intervention (CON), 2) to conduct a preliminary randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 60
smokers in SUD treatment, comparing TIME-TQ vs. CON, with predictions that TIME-TQ relative
to CON will result in increased readiness, higher rates of tobacco treatment engagement,
more quit smoking attempts and higher rates of 7-day point prevalence abstinence rates at 1-
and 3-month follow-ups. Substance use outcomes over the course of the 3-month follow-up
period will also be examined, and 3) to examine TIME-TQ's effects on key mechanisms during
the computer session and their associations with tobacco treatment engagement and smoking
outcomes at 1- and 3-month follow-ups.