Testing the mHealth App Intervention for Nondaily Smokers "SiS4" (NCT06678243)
Randomized Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation for Nondaily Smokers (SiS4)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The goal of this project is to test if a new behavioral treatment for people who smoke nondaily and wish to quit works. The new treatment is a smartphone app that engages users in positive psychology exercises and gives them tested tools for quitting smoking. The positive psychology exercises help users maintain their positive emotions while they quit smoking. This app has been developed with and for people who smoke nondaily through several steps of development. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the smoking cessation app (SiS4) help people who smoke nondaily quit smoking? * How do people's attitudes towards smoking, their smoking urges, and their mental well-being shift when using the SiS4 app? Researchers will compare the new app to an existing app that was developed for people who smoke daily to see if the new app works better to help people who smoke nondaily quit smoking. Participants will: 1. Use a smartphone app every day for 7 weeks 2. Complete online surveys about their smoking, attitudes about smoking, withdrawal symptoms and smoking urges, app use, and mental well-being at enrollment as well as 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after the initially chosen quit date. If the SiS4 app works well, it would be the first evidence-based quit-smoking treatment for people who smoke nondaily.
Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts
Age range: 18 Years
🧪 Interventions in This Study
- Smiling instead of Smoking (BEHAVIORAL)
- QuitGuide (BEHAVIORAL)
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistFull eligibility criteria are available on the official NIH protocol. View the criteria ↗
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts
📞 Contact the Study Coordinator
Phone: (617) 643-1988
Email: bhoeppner@mgh.harvard.edu
Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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💡 How to Participate
- Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
- Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
- Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
- Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.