Anti-Smoking app tested on nursing students shows promise
NCT ID NCT07429825
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile app designed to help nursing students who smoke change their attitudes and reduce their smoking. Forty-three students used the app, which sent reminders and educational content. Researchers measured changes in smoking intention, attitudes, and decision-making over two weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile application with anti-smoking educational modules, motivational messages, and self-monitoring activities
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, scalable tool to help young adults reduce smoking.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, completed trial with only 43 participants. Results may not apply to other groups, and the app's long-term impact is unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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43 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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17 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Being an undergraduate student currently enrolled at Ege University Faculty of Nursing * Volunteering to participate in the study and providing written informed consent * Smoking one or more cigarettes per day * Owning a smartphone with either iOS or Android operating system and having regular internet access * Having no prior participation in any smoking cessation intervention study Exclusion Criteria: * Having previously participated in a smoking cessation intervention program or study * Being a non-smoker
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ege University Faculty of Nursing
Izmir, Bornova, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)