Program Reviews

Decide2Quit

Program Overview

Decide2Quit (www.Decide2Quit.org) is a web-assisted tobacco intervention guided by Social Cognitive Theory and the Transtheoretical Model. The website covers topics related to smoking cessation such as how to make a quit plan, health benefits of quitting, and links to other smoking-cessation resources. Additionally, it allows asynchronous chats with a Tobacco Treatment counselor for personalized guidance. At registration, participants indicate their readiness to quit and choose their health area of interest among five topics (cancer, wound healing, cardiovascular, respiratory, or general health), which allows semi-tailoring of automated e-mails to each participant. E-mails encourage quitting and use of the website with messages from either peers or experts.

Link to commercial site here.

Last Updated: 06/15/2023

Delivery:
Web-based

Theoretical Approach:
Health belief model
Social cognitive theory
Transtheoretical model

Target Substances:
Tobacco

Target Outcomes:
Tobacco smoking cessation

Age:
Young Adult (18-30)
Adult (30+)

Gender:
Female
Male

Race:
White
Black/African American
Non-White

Ethnicity:
Not Reported

Setting:
Web/App-Based
Dental Practices
Hospitals

Geographic Location:
USA

Language:
English

Index Study Publication Date:
2014

Evaluations

  • Study Design: RCT

    Study Type: Efficacy/Effectiveness

    Sample Size: N=1488

    Demographics:

    Age
    Mean=42 years (SD=13.1)

    Gender
    Female: Not Reported
    Male: 52.0%
    Non-Binary+: Not Reported

    Race
    American Indian or Alaska Native: Not Reported
    Asian: Not Reported
    Black or African American: Not Reported
    Multiracial: Not Reported
    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: Not Reported
    White: Not Reported
    Non-White: 35.6%

    Ethnicity
    Not Reported

  • Study Design: Quasi-Experiment

    Study Type: Efficacy/Effectiveness

    Sample Size: N=759

    Demographics:

    Age
    19-34 years: 20.8%
    35-54 years: 49.5%
    55+ years: 29.6%

    Gender
    Male: 34.7%
    Female: 65.3%
    Non-Binary+: Not Reported

    Race
    American Indian or Alaska Native: Not Reported
    Asian: Not Reported
    Black or African American: Not Reported
    Multiracial: Not Reported
    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: Not Reported
    White: 85.9%
    Non-White: 14.1%

    Ethnicity
    Not Reported

  • Study Design: RCT

    Study Type: Implementation

    Sample Size: N=258

    Demographics:

    Age
    <35 years: 30.2%
    35-44 years: 19.4%
    45-54 years: 30.6%
    At least 55 years: 19.8%

    Gender
    Male: 34.5%
    Female: 65.5%
    Non-Binary+: Not Reported

    Race
    American Indian or Alaska Native: Not Reported
    Asian: Not Reported
    Black or African American: Not Reported
    Multiracial: Not Reported
    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: Not Reported
    White: 75.6%
    Non-White: 24.4%

    Ethnicity
    Not Reported

  • Coley HL, Sadasivam RS, Williams JH, Volkman JE, Schoenberger Y-M, Kohler CL, Sobko H, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Ford DE, Gilbert GH, & Houston TK. (2013). Crowdsourced Peer- Versus Expert-Written Smoking-Cessation Messages. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45(5), 543–550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2013.07.004

    Sadasivam RS, Allison JJ, Ray MN, Ford DE, & Houston TK. (2012). Using a resource effect study pre-pilot to inform a large randomized trial: the Decide2Quit.Org Web-assisted tobacco intervention. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2012, 789–798.

    Sadasivam RS, Volz EM, Kinney RL, Rao SR, & Houston TK. (2013). Share2Quit: Web-Based Peer-Driven Referrals for Smoking Cessation. JMIR Research Protocols, 2(2), e37–e37. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.2786