Participate in an Online Survey about Smoking Cessation

Liz Nosen, a graduate student at the University of British Columbia, is looking for people who have recently quit smoking to share their thoughts on smoking cessation and how they manage cravings to smoke in an online survey. The survey is part of a project entitled Craving-related intrusive thoughts: Applying lessons learned from obsessions, which is in connection with research toward her graduate thesis.

From Liz:
I am conducting research on people's experience quitting smoking and their thoughts about nicotine cravings. The goal of this research is learn more about the psychological factors that make quitting smoking so difficult.

We are looking for people who are quitting smoking to help with this research by participating in an online study. We would really appreciate it if you would consider contributing to our research.

Participation involves filling out a 50-minute online questionnaire and a 2-minute follow-up survey one month later. You can participate from your home, and you don't need to live in Canada to take part.

Participants will receive a cheque for $20 CDN in appreciation for their time.

To find out if you are eligible to participate, please answer these questions:

• Were you a regular smoker for at least a year?
• Have you been making a serious attempt to quit in the past few months?
• Is English your first language?
• Are you at least 19 years old?

If you answered yes to these questions, please call Liz at (604) 822-8025 or email us to participate.

We're accepting participants until APRIL 15th, 2006.

Please note: this research is non-profit and is not associated with any tobacco or other for-profit companies. It also has the ethical approval of the University of British Columbia Behavioural Research Ethics Board.