Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial Study Protocol

Neill Bruce Baskerville   ¹ , PhD ;   Laura Louise Struik   ² , RN, MSN ;   David Hammond   ³ , PhD ;   G Emmanuel Guindon   ⁴ , PhD ;   Cameron D Norman   ⁵ , PhD ;   Robyn Whittaker   ⁶ , BhB, MBChB, MPH, FAFPHM ;   Catherine M Burns   ⁷ , PhD ;   Kelly A Grindrod   ⁸ , BSc Pharm, MSc Pharm, PharmD ;   K Stephen Brown   ⁹ , PhD

¹ Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Lyle S. Hallman Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA

² School of Nursing, University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, CA

³ School of Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA

⁴ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA

⁵ CENSE Research + Design, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA

⁶ National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ

⁷ Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA

⁸ School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA

⁹ Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA