Rural Smoking Cessation
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
- Where
- Durham and Minneapolis, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 544 people, planned
- Started
- 17 Mar 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Aug 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch
- Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 21 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- ≥ 21 years
- smoke ≥ 5 cigarettes per day
- daily access to their own iPhone/Android smartphone or tablet
Who cannot take part
- past 30-day NRT use or contraindications listed on the NRT labels
- currently pregnant/breastfeeding
Where in United States
- Duke UniversityDurham, United StatesContact: Devon Noonan, PhDTaking people
- Masonic Cancer CenterMinneapolis, United StatesContact: Dana Carroll, PhD, MPHTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Understanding ways to help people who live in rural areas quit smoking is a public health priority. quitting smoking among rural people who smoke is a critical public health concern. People in rural areas smoke at higher rates than those in urban areas, experience high rates of smoking caused cancers and deaths. We are recruiting rural people from around the country to better understand how different quit smoking methods can improve a person's chances of successfully quitting smoking.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Intervention ConditionTreatment being tested
Weekly text and email messages referring to Smokefree.gov, NRT Starter kit, free 2-week supply of patches (Nicoderm CQ in either 21 or 14 mg nicotine) and lozenges (Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges, Mint Flavor in either 4 or 2 mg nicotine) with NRT education plus referral to where to request more NRT.
Treatment: Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch and Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges
- Control ConditionNo study treatment, for comparison
Weekly text and email messages referring to Smokefree.gov
- RHE - Intervention ConditionNo study treatment, for comparison
Weekly text and email messages on reduced harm or exposure (RHE) tobacco products.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluating Population-Based Strategies for Rural Smoking Cessation
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026