This phase III trial compares the effect of text-based cessation intervention to a manual in helping rural cancer patients who smoke, quit. Text-based scheduled gradual reduction may reduce the frequency of cigarette use to zero and may be effective in quitting smoking.
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)
Psychiatric illness which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
Patients with impaired decision-making capacity are not eligible for this study.
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator