Testing Methods of Self-persuasion Involving Cigarette Smoking

Participants must have a smartphone that can accept text messages from an email address and
link to a study related website to hear audio recordings, and be willing to receive a text
message each weekday for two weeks between 8-9am as part of the study. After completing a
phone screener, participants will complete a baseline phone survey. Within two weeks of the
baseline survey, participants will come to an in-person session. At that time they will be
randomized with equal probability to one of two conditions: 1) Motivational Interviewing
(MI), or 2) tailored feedback on reasons for quitting. After undergoing MI or receiving
tailored feedback, participants will be asked to generate message that they feel would
motivate them to quit. These messages will be both text and audio. After generating and
reviewing these messages, participants will then evaluate these messages before ending the
laboratory session. Starting two days after their laboratory session, between 8:00am and
9:00am, staff will send participants one of the self-generated text messages with a link to
also hear the message; this process will last for two weeks. Within a week of stopping
sending messages, participants will be asked to complete a final phone survey to elicit
smoking behaviors and provided feedback on the messaging.

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years old or older

- not actively engaged in trying to quit smoking

- must have smoked 100 cigarettes to date

- must smoke at least 1 cigarette per day

- must own smartphone capable of receiving messages from study email

- must agree to receive text messages between 8-9am each weekday for 2 weeks