Libre Del Cigarrillo: Development of an mHealth Smoking Cessation App to Extend Reach of a Validated Smoking Cessation Intervention for Spanish-speaking Smokers
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Summary
Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and trial-readiness of the new app compared with the existing print booklets and the NCI SmokefreeTXT en Español program.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identify as Hispanic/Latinx. * 18+ Years of age. * Monolingual Spanish-speaking, or bilingual Spanish-English and prefer educational health materials in Spanish. * Have been smoking at least 5 cigarettes per week over the past year * Not currently enrolled in a face-to-face or virtual smoking cessation program. Exclusion Criteria: * A household member enrolled in the study. * Prior participation in the LDC randomized controlled trial. * Prior use of the NCI SmokefreeTXT program.
Interventions
- BehavioralLibre del Cigarrillo Smartphone App
Participants receive full access to the culturally adapted cessation app.
- BehavioralLibre del Cigarrillo Printed Booklets
The validated Spanish-language booklet series previously shown to increase long-term abstinence.
- BehavioralSmokefreeTXT en Español
NCI Text-Messaging Program
Location
- Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, Florida