Text Message-Based Cessation Intervention for People Who Smoked or Used Smokeless Tobacco in India: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Abhijit NadkarniLeena GaikwadMiriam SequeiraJoseline D'souzaMegan LopesRajanish HaldankarPratima MurthyRichard VellemanUrvita BhatiaRupert Harwood

Published in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2024)

Our pilot randomized control trial provides sufficient findings supporting the acceptability and feasibility of an intervention for tobacco cessation which is suitable for a context which has a shortage of healthcare workers and for individuals who use smoked or smokeless tobacco. This is critical on a background of limited contextually relevant interventions for a problem with a high burden in low- and middle-income countries such as India.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
study protocol
open label
double blind
physical activity
placebo controlled
clinical trial
smoking cessation
systematic review
risk factors
meta analyses