Digital Smoking Cessation Program: Happy Ending
Author Information
Author(s): Peter Selby, Scott McIntosh, Cameron Norman, Aghi Mira Ward, Kenneth Brendryen, Håvar Brendryen, Filip Drozd, Pål Kraft
Primary Institution: University of Oslo
Hypothesis
A digital, fully automated smoking cessation intervention would produce an increased 12-month abstinence rate compared with a control condition of a self-help booklet.
Conclusion
The study demonstrates that a fully automated smoking cessation intervention can significantly help smokers achieve long-term abstinence without nicotine replacement therapy.
Supporting Evidence
- Participants in the intervention group reported 20% abstinence compared to 7% in the control group.
- The intervention significantly increased precessation coping planning and self-efficacy.
- Repeated point abstinence was significantly higher in the intervention group at all follow-up points.
Takeaway
This study shows that a digital program can help people stop smoking for a long time, even without using patches or gum.
Methodology
A two-arm randomized controlled trial with participants assigned to either the digital intervention or a control self-help booklet, measuring abstinence at multiple time points.
Potential Biases
Potential bias due to self-selection of participants and reliance on self-reported data for abstinence.
Limitations
The study could not biochemically verify self-reported abstinence and some participants used nicotine replacement therapy despite agreeing not to.
Participant Demographics
{"female_percentage":50,"average_age":39.6,"nicotine_dependence":4.5}
Statistical Information
P-Value
0.002
Confidence Interval
95% CI = 1.60-7.34
Statistical Significance
p = .002
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