Integrating Smoking Cessation Treatment Into Web-Based Usual Psychological Care for People With Common Mental Illness: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (ESCAPE Digital).

Gemma Taylor^1,2, Pamela Jacobsen¹, Anna Blackwell¹, Shadi Daryan¹, Deborah Roy¹, Daniel Duffy³, Garrett Hisler³, Katherine Sawyer¹, Ben Ainsworth⁴, Douglas Hiscock³, Sophia Papadakis⁵, Jamie Brown⁶, Marcus Munafò², Paul Aveyard⁷

¹Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.

²School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

³Amwell, Dublin, Ireland.

⁴Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, null, United Kingdom.

⁵National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training, Dorchester, United Kingdom.

⁶Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

⁷Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stopping smoking can improve mental health, with effect sizes similar to antidepressant treatment. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) provides evidence-based treatment for depression and anxiety, and digital interventions can support smoking cessation. However, combined digital smoking and mental health support is not currently available in UK health services. OBJECTIV…

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