Smoking cessation support for people with mental illness
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether having a community health worker (a trained helper) can support adults with serious mental illness to quit smoking. You may still smoke daily, but you must be willing to try quitting with support.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 75 years old.
- You have a serious mental illness (such as mood, anxiety, trauma, or psychotic disorders) and you receive Medicaid behavioral health services in Massachusetts.
- You smoke tobacco every day in the past year.
- You can understand study procedures and speak either English or Spanish.
- You are willing to have short interviews twice a year and, if assigned, to meet with a community health worker.
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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