Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Program
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- Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma
Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Have a cancer diagnosis within the past 10 years, and can currently be receiving curative treatment
* Not currently on hospice
* Currently smokes \>= 5 cigarettes daily
* Lives in a nonmetro/rural county (defined as having a Rural Urban Continuum Code \[RUCC\] code of 4-9)
* Patient interested in participating in a smoking cessation program, and not currently participating in a smoking cessation clinical trial
* Not currently using any smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (e.g. nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion or varenicline), or currently participating in any cessation program
* Patient has a cell phone or smart phone device with texting ability
* In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and read English
* Age \>= 18 years
* Participant must be willing to provide a urine sample.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Psychiatric illness which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
* Patients with impaired decision-making capacity are not eligible for this study.