Text-message support to help emergency patients quit tobacco
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests a text-message program to help people who use tobacco quit. If you're in the emergency department and want to quit, the program sends supportive messages to your phone.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are a current tobacco user (for example, cigarettes or other tobacco products).
- You are a patient at the emergency department of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Kenya.
- You have a mobile phone that can receive text messages.
- You are willing to try to quit tobacco.
- You are able to give your permission to take part in 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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