The study was created by scientists at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health in collaboration with an advisory board of AIAN community members. Our lead investigators are:

• Dr. Lonnie A. Nelson, a descendant of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Ani Kituwah) and a leading expert in smoking cessation interventions to reduce health inequities in AIAN communities, based at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
• Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, a Navajo Nation Tribal citizen and a leading expert in health disparities research in the field of tobacco and nicotine addiction focusing on Indigenous peoples and Tribal communities, based at the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health.
• Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a scientist who specializes in smoking cessation research. He is a Full Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.
• Hershel W. Clark, MPH, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is Program Supervisor of the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Program (SNTEPP) Office for the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health.
• Chase Kornacki, a member of the Navajo Nation, bridges research and practice to support culturally informed commercial tobacco prevention and cessation initiatives in Southern California Tribal communities.
• Saphire Quitt was raised in the Lakota culture, resides in Kansas, and is interested in research to help improve native health and communities including smoking cessation. She was a participant in the original iCanQuit research trial for quitting smoking.
• Dean S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP, Seneca Nation, a national expert on indigenous health, teaches courses on the subject at the University of Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions. He was a first responder at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also served as tribal planning director for the Seneca Nation of Indians.
• Crystal Stanford, Lakota, resides in Oklahoma and was a participant in the original iCanQuit research trial, and used iCanQuit to successfully quit smoking.
• Sierra Wilcox, a member of the Navajo Nation, is a graduate student working on her Master of Public Health/Indigenous Health degree at Northern Arizona University, and is a co-founder of the Navajo Air is Life Coalition. She looks forward to making a difference in her community through Public Health advocacy and policy efforts.

IndigeQuit is a research study comparing two smartphone apps for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) people quitting smoking.

1. Your contact information (name, phone number, email) is kept apart from all of your survey information
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This study is for adults (18+) who:

• Identify as American Indian or Alaska Native
• Live in the U.S.
• Have smoked (at least a puff) in the last month
• Can read English
• Have a smartphone
• Want to quit smoking!

Enrollment:

1. Fill out a short online survey (3-5 minutes) to find out if you are eligible to join.
2. If you are eligible, you will have 2 weeks to fill out another online survey (30-40 minutes) about you and your smoking.
3. You'll be randomly assigned (like tossing a coin) to 1 of 2 groups. Both groups will have a quit-smoking smartphone app to support you and help you quit.

During the study:

• Download and use your assigned app.
• Fill out follow-up surveys (15 to 20 minutes) after 3, 6, and 12 months.
• You can do them online, by phone, or by mail.
• Get up to $35 for each follow-up survey: $25 for completing the survey + $10 bonus for completing it within 24 hours of when it's emailed to you.
• You may be randomly selected to take a test of your smoking status. If selected, we will mail you a disposable saliva testing device to complete at the times you do your 3 follow-up surveys (at 3, 6, and 12 months). Get $35 for each test whether or not you are smoking.
• You can either do an online survey and photo upload of your results or do a secure video call with us where you take the test and show us the results.
• Saliva tests are not collected. Instead, we will ask for a photo of your saliva test results.
• Click here to see what the testing process looks like.

Participation takes place over 1 year:

• Use the provided smartphone app for the next 12 months.
• Complete 3 surveys (after 3, 6, and 12 months), which take about 15-20 minutes.
• If you are selected to do the saliva smoking test, doing the test should take about 10-15 minutes.

Yes! You will get:

• Access to a free quit-smoking smartphone app
• Up to $105 if all 3 follow-up surveys are completed
• An additional $105 if all 3 smoking tests are completed (if selected to receive smoking tests)

Both smartphone app programs (you’ll be given one) will teach you the skills you need to learn how to quit smoking, but the type of skills taught differ between the apps.

Everyone in the study, no matter which program you are assigned to, will get a step-by-step guide to quitting, tools to help deal with urges to smoke, and help on staying motivated to quit. You will also receive scientifically-based recommendations for how to select medications to help you in quitting smoking. However, medication will not be provided by the study.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is a world leader in research to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Our world-renowned researchers have received three Nobel Prizes and many other major awards. We're located in Seattle, Washington.