An Avatar-Led Web-Based and SMS Text Message Smoking Cessation Program for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Veterans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Jaimee L Heffner   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Megan M Kelly   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Erin D Reilly   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Scott G Reece   ² ;   Tracy Claudio   ² ;   Edit Serfozo   ¹ , MPH ;   Kelsey Baker   ¹ , MS ;   Noreen L Watson   ¹ , PhD ;   Maria Karekla   ⁴ , PhD

¹ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States

² VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

³ University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁴ University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

*these authors contributed equally