"Quit Smoking on Your Own" Brief Online Study



Status:Completed
Conditions:Smoking Cessation
Therapuetic Areas:Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/2/2016
Start Date:March 2014
End Date:February 2016
Contact:Ricardo F Muñoz, Ph.D.
Email:rmunoz@paloaltou.edu
Phone:650-433-3861

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Most individuals who smoke want to quit smoking. Most individuals who want to quit, quit on
their own. The purpose of this study is to determine whether very brief suggestions provided
online are comparatively more effective than others in increasing motivation to quit
immediately after the suggestions are implemented and actual quit rates one month later.

There are no costs associated with participating in this study and participants will not be
compensated for their participation.

To join the study paste the following link into your browser:

https://www.i4health-pau.org/quit-smoking-on-your-own

The entire study takes place online on an automated website.

Participants will be recruited online using search engine ads (e.g., Google), online
association list serves, community websites designed to reach individuals interested in
participating in research studies, and social media sites related to smoking cessation
efforts.

The entire study will be administered online. Participants may complete it at a time and
place of their convenience.

To join the study paste the following link into your browser:

https://www.i4health-pau.org/quit-smoking-on-your-own

The website will automatically obtain consent, ask 16 brief questions as a pre-test,
randomize to 4 very brief interventions, ask 4 post-test questions, and at 1-month
follow-up, send an email with a link to a 6-question survey. The initial online session is
expected to take between 3 and 8 minutes and the 1-month follow-up survey less than 2
minutes.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult (18 years of age or older)

- Smoker who wants to quit

- Access to the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

- Less than 18 years of age
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