Testing the Impact of Smartphone-based Messaging to Support Young Adult Smoking Cessation

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Conditions studied: Tobacco Cigarette Smoking

In brief

Clinical practice guidelines for smoking cessation emphasize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help patients develop coping strategies for urges. Mindfulness or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offer a different approach, which teaches smokers psychological flexibility through accepting negative experiences. While there is evidence for the efficacy of both CBT and Mindfulness/ACT smoking cessation interventions, it is unclear if these approaches are efficacious when implemented in real-time and with young adults. The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of CBT and Mindfulness/ACT messages for young adults targeted at specific high-risk situations for smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05836103

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

160

Starts

2024-10-22

Expected to finish

2026-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• live in the U.S.
• read English;
• are between 18 and 30 years of age;
• own an iPhone or Android smartphone;
• have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 3 cigarettes per day on 5 or more days of the week;
• are planning to quit smoking within the next 30 days.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)

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