Text Messages in Preventing Tobacco Use in Young Adults

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Conditions studied: Healthy Subject

In brief

This trial studies how well text messages work in preventing tobacco use in young adults. Text messaging may help to teach young adults about the risks of tobacco products.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03457480

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

781

Starts

2013-09-20

Expected to finish

2021-01-29

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-25 (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
• Attend classes at either Houston Community College (HCC) Central Campus or Coleman Campus (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Spring Branch Campus (Phase 2) or the University of Houston (Phase 3)
• Own a smartphone capable of receiving texts from the study's text messaging ) resource (Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3)
• Use phone text-messaging features on a regular basis (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
• Provide cell phone number (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
• Speak and read English (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
• Enrolled in a communication program (Phase 1, health communication student review)
• Evidence of smoking susceptibility as defined by the Smoking Susceptibility Scale (Phase 3)

You may not qualify if…

• Currently a smoker (Phase 3)

Where it is running

• M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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