Text message-based Cessation Intervention for People who Smoked or Used Smokeless Tobacco in India: a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.
Abhijit NadkarniLeena GaikwadMiriam SequeiraJoseline D'souzaMegan LopesRajanish HaldankarPratima MurthyRichard VellemanUrvita BhatiaRupert HarwoodPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2024)
Our pilot RCT 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.