Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation Enhanced With Text Messaging: A Randomized Controlled Trial



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Smoking Cessation
Therapuetic Areas:Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:1/20/2018
Start Date:September 2016
End Date:October 2021
Contact:Christopher Kahler, PhD
Email:christopher_kahler@brown.edu
Phone:401 863-6651

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Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation (PPT-S) addresses an array of risk factors for
poor smoking outcomes (low positive affect, depressive symptoms, and cynical cognitions),
while also providing skills that may buffer against stress and negative affect. The overall
objective of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of
PPT-S, enhanced with text messaging, compared to a time-matched behavioral smoking cessation
treatment. Participants in both treatment conditions will receive nicotine replacement
therapy and a validated text-messaging intervention for smoking cessation that monitors
progress in quitting smoking and extends smoking counseling outside of the individual
face-to-face context.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. be 18 years of age or older

2. smoke at least 5 cigarettes per day for longer than one year with no current regular
use of other nicotine/tobacco products including e-cigarettes

3. have a baseline carbon monoxide level of at least 4 ppm

4. be willing to use the nicotine patch

5. report at least a 5 on a 0 to 10 scale rating the importance of quitting smoking
(where 10 = extremely important);

6. have an active cell phone and be willing to send and receive text messages for the
duration of the intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

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