Adding Virtual Reality Mindful Exposure Therapy to a Cancer Center’s Tobacco Treatment Offerings: Feasibility and Acceptability Single-Group Pilot Study

• DOI: 10.2196/54817
• Publication Date: 2024-05-29T07:16:01Z
• Authors: Riley Walton Jackson; Ann Cao-Nasalga; Amy Chieng; Amy Pirkl; Annemarie D Jagielo; Cindy Xu; Emilio Goldenhersch; Nicolas Rosencovich; Cristian Waitman; Judith J Prochaska
• Keywords: Cancer Treatment

Smoking contributes to 1 in 3 cancer deaths. At the Stanford Cancer Center, tobacco cessation medication management and counseling are provided as a covered benefit. Patients charted using contacted by treatment specialist offered services. As novel addition, this study examined acceptability of virtual reality (VR) mindful exposure therapy app for quitting smoking called MindCotine.