Tobacco Pilot Study for Low Income Smokers

Pilot study to test feasibility of delivering a motivational smoking cessation intervention to low income smokers via a computer tablet.

Twenty Salvation Army clients will be recruited to pilot test a motivational smoking cessation counseling intervention that is delivered via a tablet computer. Study participants will be given brief instructions on how to use the tablet. They will then complete a brief survey on the tablet. This will be followed by the researcher using the tablet to provide the motivational intervention. Finally, study participants will be interviewed to establish this perceptions of the intervention.

Study participants will be administered a brief tobacco intervention by a Salvation Army staff person who is guided by a tablet computer

This intervention, as guided by a tablet computer, is a brief (20 minute) counseling intervention designed to increase motivation to quit smoking and to increase knowledge of methods of quitting.

Ease of use of tablet-guided tobacco intervention assessed by interview and summarized across study participants

At the end of the intervention, each study participant will be interviewed regarding how easy the tablet computer was to use. This qualitative information will by summarized across all study participants.

Inclusion Criteria: current smoker (≥ 10 cigarettes/week for the past six months who are not currently trying to quit) age ≥ 18 years English speaking/writing Exclusion Criteria: not receiving services for the Salvation Army

University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health