Background and aims Black adults who smoke are less likely to seek treatment and to
succeed in quitting compared with other racial groups. The lack of efficacious and engaging …

Achieving health equity among disparity populations has been a national, regional, and
local priority for several years. Health promotion and disease prevention behaviors play an …

Background Motivational messaging is a frequently used digital intervention to promote
positive health behavior changes, including smoking cessation. Typically, motivational …

Innovative approaches are needed to make health communication research and practice
more timely, responsive, and effective in a rapidly changing information ecosystem. In this …

Background Digital smoking cessation interventions may reduce racial disparities in
cessation because they are low cost, scalable, and can provide support at any place or time …

Objectives: We tested an adapted version of an effective US-based peer-texting intervention
to promote Quitline use and smoking cessation among rural participants in Vietnam …

Background: Smoking continues to be the leading preventable cause of death. Digital
interventions for smoking cessation (DISCs) are health communication programs accessible …

Implications Practice: Multilevel determinants are important to health promotion and disease
prevention behaviors; biological, psychological, and behavioral risk factors should be …