Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation Enhanced With Text Messaging: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. be 18 years of age or older
• •2. smoke at least 5 cigarettes per day for longer than one year with no current regular use of other nicotine/tobacco products including e-cigarettes
• •3. have a baseline carbon monoxide level of at least 4 ppm
• •4. be willing to use the nicotine patch
• •5. report at least a 5 on a 0 to 10 scale rating the importance of quitting smoking (where 10 = extremely important);
• •6. have an active cell phone and be willing to send and receive text messages for the duration of the intervention.