A summary evidence table for this Community Guide review is not available because the CPSTF finding is based on the following published systematic review:
Whittaker R, McRobbie H, Bullen C, Rodgers A, Gu Y, Dobson R. Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019;10(10):CD006611. Available from URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006611.pub5.
The number of studies and publications do not always correspond (e.g., a publication may include several studies, or one study may be explained in several publications).
Effectiveness Review
Following are studies from the published review (Whittaker et al.) that evaluated mobile phone text message interventions (alone or in combination with other interventions)
Abroms LC, Boal AL, Simmens SJ, Mendel JA, Windsor RA. A randomized trial of Text2Quit: a text messaging program for smoking cessation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014;47(3):242-50.
Abroms L, Johnson P, Leavitt L, Cleary S, Bushar J, et al. A randomized trial of text messaging for smoking cessation in pregnant women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2017;53(6):781-90.
Augustson E, Engelgau M, Zhang S, Cai Y, Cher W, et al. Text to quit China: an mHealth smoking cessation trial. American Journal of Health Promotion 2017;31(3):217-25.
Bock B, Heron K, Jennings E, Morrow K, Cobb V, et al. A text message delivered smoking cessation intervention: the initial trial of TXT-2-Quit: randomized controlled trial. JMIR MHealth and UHealth 2013;1(2):e17.
Borland R, Balmford J, Benda P. Population-level effects of automated smoking cessation help programs: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction 2013;108(3):618-28.
Chan SS, Wong DC, Cheung YT, Leung DY, Lau L, et al. A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counselling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong. Health Education Research 2015;30(4):609-21.
Cobos-Campos R, deLarrinoa A, Morinigo A, Parraza N, Barandiaran F. Effectiveness of text messaging as an adjuvant to health advice in smoking cessation programs in primary care. A randomized clinical trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2017;19(8):901-7.
Danaher B, Tyler M, Crowley R, Brendryen H, Seeley J. Outcomes and device usage for fully automated Internet interventions designed for a smartphone or personal computer: the MobileQuit smoking cessation randomized controlled trial. JMIR 2019;21(6):e13290.
Ferguson SG, Walters JA. The effect of mobile phone text messages on short and long term quitting in motivated smokers: a randomised controlled trial. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 21st Annual Meeting; 2015 Feb 25-28; Philadelphia.
Free C, Whittaker R, Knight R, Abramsky T, Rodgers A, et al. Txt2stop: a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking cessation support. Tobacco Control 2009;18:88-91.
Free C, Knight R, Robertson S, Whittaker R, Edwards P, et al. Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (Txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial. Lancet 2011;378:49-55.
Haug S, SchaubMP, Venzin V, Meyer C, John U. Efficacy of a text message-based smoking cessation intervention for young people: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2013;15(8):142-55.
Liao Y, Wu Q, Kelly B, Zhang F, Tang YY, et al. Effectiveness of a text-messaging-based smoking cessation intervention ("Happy Quit") for smoking cessation in China: a randomized controlled trial. PLOS Medicine 2018;15(12):e1002713.
Naughton F, Jamison J, Boase S, Sloan M, Gilbert H, et al. Randomized controlled trial to assess the short-term effectiveness of tailored web- and text-based facilitation of smoking cessation in primary care (iQuit in Practice). Addiction 2014;109(7):1184-93.
Rodgers A, Corbett T, Bramley D, Riddell T, Wills M, et al. Do u smoke after txt? Results of a randomised trial of smoking cessation using mobile phone text messaging. Tobacco Control 2005;14:255-61.
Squiers L, Augustson E, Brown D, Kelly B, Southwell B, et al. An experimental comparison of mobile texting programs to help young adults quit smoking. Health Systems 2017;6:1-14.
Tseng TY, Krebs P, Schoenthaler A, Wong S, Sherman S, et al. Combining text messaging and telephone counselling to increase varenicline adherence and smoking abstinence among cigarette smokers living with HIV: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS Behavior 2017;21(7):1964-74.
Whittaker R, Dorey E, Bramley D, Bullen C, Denny S, et al. A theory-based video messaging mobile phone intervention for smoking cessation: randomised controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2011;13(1):e10.
Yu S, Duan Z, Redmon PB, Eriksen MP, Koplan JP, et al. MHealth intervention is effective in creating smoke-free homes for newborns: a randomized controlled trial study in China. Scientific Reports 2017;7(1):9276.
Effectiveness Review
Refer to the existing systematic review for information about the search strategy:
Whittaker R, McRobbie H, Bullen C, Rodgers A, Gu Y, Dobson R. Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019;10(10):CD006611. Available from URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006611.pub5.
Krist AH, Davidson KW, Mangione CM, Barry MJ, Cabana M, Caughey AB, Donahue K, Doubeni CA, Epling JW, Kubik M, Ogedegbe G. Interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including pregnant persons: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA 2021;325(3):265-79.
Patnode CD, Henderson JT, Coppola EL, Melnikow J, Durbin S, Thomas RG. Interventions for tobacco cessation in adults, including pregnant persons: updated evidence report and systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA 2021;325(3):280-98.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Smoking Cessation. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2020.