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Texting your way to quit: new study targets rural tobacco use

NCT ID NCT07431619

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Mississippi Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether daily motivational text messages can help people in rural Mississippi quit smoking or smokeless tobacco. Researchers will recruit 150 tobacco users who want to quit and have tried before. Half will get encouraging texts, the other half non-specific messages, and all will report their progress for 6 months.

What this could mean

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Active substance
motivational text messaging
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help rural tobacco users quit, reducing health disparities.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage trial with only 150 participants. The intervention is just text messages, and success depends on self-reported quitting, which may not be accurate.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 150 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Dec 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Nov 2027

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * ≥18 years-old * resident of rural Mississippi (verified by a ZIP code) * not planning to move out of Mississippi during the next 6 months * own a personal cellphone with an unlimited texting plan * having the intention to quit tobacco and having made at least 1 quit attempt in the past 6 months * smokes ≥5 cigarettes per day during the past 6 months (for the cigarette smoking condition) * uses SLT ≥3 times per day during the past 6 months (for the SLT condition) * concurrent use of cigarettes and SLT on ≥15 days monthly during the past 6 months (for the dual use condition). Exclusion Criteria: * a self-report of being diagnosed with or taking medications for severe mental illness * refusal to provide informed consent * having no intention to quit tobacco * currently using electronic cigarettes or pharmacological medications for tobacco cessation * currently participating in another RCT.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

nicotine dependence Tobacco Use Tobacco Use Cessation

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Tobacco cessation

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