Mobile Smoking Treatment for Spanish-speaking Latinx Smokers

Culturally Sensitive, Evidence-based, Spanish Language Mobile App for Smoking Cessation for Latino Cigarette Smokers

The specific aims of the project are to develop and test a Spanish language, mobile app for smoking cessation called Impacto.

A total of 38 Spanish-speaking, Latinx smokers with high anxiety sensitivity (AS) will be recruited for this project. Eight (8) participants will complete user interviews in Spanish and thirty (30) participants will participate in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) for smoking cessation. Participants will be randomized to receive either the Impacto mobile app or a generic, Spanish language, smoking cessation, mobile app control (Dejar de Fumar Asistente).

Inclusion Criteria:

1) 18 to 55 year of age, 2) current smoker (i.e., at least 6 cigarettes/day), 3) not currently engaged in smoking cessation treatment, 4), high anxiety sensitivity (AS) score defined as an ASI-III score of ≥ 23, 5) motivation to quit > 5 on a 10 pt. scale, 6) Spanish speaking, and 7) currently own an Android-compatible mobile phone.

Exclusion Criteria:

1) use of other tobacco products (including e-cigarettes), 2) current non-nicotine substance dependence and/or current or intended participation in a concurrent substance abuse treatment, 3) ongoing psychotherapy of any duration directed specifically toward the treatment of anxiety or depression, or 4) active suicidality (i.e., suicidal ideation, intent, and/or plan) or current psychosis