Project CRAVE (Craving Reduction App for Vaping Among Emerging Adults) is a pilot study that will test the efficacy of a smartphone based augmented reality app tailored to young adults who use e-cigarettes or vapes. The app will be designed with the aim of helping young adults quit using e-cigarettes and act as an adjuvant to existing cessation treatment in the future. This pilot study is funded by the 2024 Moffitt Catchment Area Research Enhancement Support (M-CARES) Mechanism.
Funding Source: 2024 Moffitt Catchment Area Research Enhancement Support (M-CARES) Mechanism
ARC (App for Reducing Cravings) is an NIH-funded study that is testing the efficacy of a mobile application to reduce cigarette cravings of smokers who are quitting or have recently quit. The app uses augmented reality to repeatably present virtual smoking triggers in the environments where the participant used to smoke until cravings are extinguished. The app is designed to be used with other smoking cessation treatments. Smokers who have contacted the Florida Tobacco Quitline will be randomly assigned to either a version of the app with augmented reality sessions, or one that only tracks their cigarette use and urges.
Funding Source: R01DA055298 (Augmented Reality as an Adjunct to Quitline Counseling for Smoking Cessation)
Project DART was an NIH-funded study that used augmented reality (AR) in an effort to circumvent existing limitations of traditional extinction paradigms for cigarette craving. AR uses a computer-made image that is inserted into a real-word environment. Using smartphones, participants viewed smoking-related and neutral AR images and reported their urge to smoke over several trials. The long-term goal of this project was to determine whether these strategies ultimately reduced cravings and whether AR could be used an adjunct to traditional smoking cessation services (e.g., the quitline).
Funding Source: R01DA055298 (Augmented Reality as an Adjunct to Quitline Counseling for Smoking Cessation)