Text message program to help rural cancer survivors quit smoking
Part of Cancer clinical trials.
This trial studies a text-message based program to help people who smoke quit. It targets adults in rural areas who are currently in cancer treatment and want support stopping smoking.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You were diagnosed with cancer within the last 10 years and are currently getting treatment aimed at cure.
- You are not on hospice care.
- You smoke at least 5 cigarettes per day right now.
- You live in a rural/nonmetro county and have a cell phone or smartphone that can send and receive texts.
- You are 18 or older and can speak and read English well enough for the study questionnaires.
- You are not currently using stop-smoking medicines or already enrolled in another stop-smoking program or quit trial.
- You can give a urine sample for the study.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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