Texting to Promote Tobacco Abstinence in Emergency Department Smokers: A Pilot Study
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Smoking Cessation, Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/5/2014 |
| Start Date: | March 2014 |
| End Date: | September 2014 |
| Contact: | Steven L Bernstein, MD |
| Email: | steven.bernstein@yale.edu |
| Phone: | 203-737-3574 |
This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of conducting a text based smoking cessation
trial with Emergency Department patients who are smokers.
trial with Emergency Department patients who are smokers.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- have smoked >= 100 cigarettes lifetime
- describe themselves as every or some day smokers
- are able to give written informed consent
- reside in Connecticut
- own a cell phone with texting capability.
Exclusion Criteria:
- inability to read or understand English
- currently receiving formal tobacco dependence treatment
- current use of tobacco cessation products (patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge,
e-cigarette)
- currently using Zyban (bupropion), Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Chantix (varenicline)
for smoking cessation
- current suicide or homicide risk
- current psychotic disorder
- life-threatening or unstable medical or psychiatric condition
- does not have phone with CT area code and with texting capability
- lacks capacity to give informed consent
- leaving the ED against medical advice
- pregnant, nursing, or trying to conceive
- incarcerated
- resides in an extended care facility
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