SmokefreeSGM Español Pilot, Beta Testing a Text-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority(SGM) Groups Preferring Spanish Language

Exclusion Criteria

• •Have a prepaid cell phone plan (pay-as-you-go plan)
• •Have a cell phone number that does not work and/or is registered to someone else
• •Have inadequate equipment/devices (i.e., webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions via Microsoft Teams, Webex, or Zoom AND cannot meet in-person
• •Pregnant or breastfeeding persons (nicotine patches are not generally recommended to this groups since nicotine can affect fetal and neonatal brain development)
• •Contraindication for nicotine patches. Absolute contraindications include: severe eczema or serious skin conditions, allergy to nicotine patches, pregnancy, breastfeeding, heart attack in the past 2 months, ongoing angina, peptic ulcer disease, arrhythmia, or uncontrolled blood pressure. Potential contraindications include: stroke in the past 6 months, insulin therapy, and a current diagnosis of liver, kidney, or heart disease. Study participants reporting a potential contraindication will require approval from their primary care provider and/or other treating physician (e.g., psychiatrist) to use nicotine patches. If the request is denied or not returned in 2 weeks, potential study participants will be excluded from the study.
• •Current use of tobacco cessation medications
• •Current use of tobacco products other than cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) (i.e., (e.g., cigar, cigarillo, little cigar, pipe, Hookah)
• •Enrollment in another smoking cessation study