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An Interactive Smartphone Application to Motivate Smokers to Quit

Smoking Cessation | Smoking Behaviors

Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking.

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Participation Requirements

  • Sex:

    ALL
  • Eligible Ages:

    18 and up

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older.
* Living in Ontario, Canada.
* Current smoker who indicates they are not interested in quitting within the next 30-days.
* Have access to and regularly use a smartphone with internet access.
* Read, write, speaks English or French.
* Available and willing to participate in follow-up assessments over the next 6 months.
* Able to provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Planning on quitting smoking within the next 30-days.
* Cognitively impaired or experiencing acute psychiatric illness that would alter their ability to participate.
* Institutionalized at a retirement home, nursing home or long-term care facility.
* Has morbid illness which will prevent completion of 6-month follow-up (e.g., receiving palliative care).
* Participating in another smoking cessation program

Study Location

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Contact Study Team

Backup Contact

Hassan Mir, MD

Primary Contact

Ashley Baldwin

[email protected]
613-696-7000
Study Sponsored By
Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Participants Required
More Information
Study ID: NCT05799625