More than 11% of smokers who used a text-messaging program to help them quit did so and remained smoke free at the end of a six- month study as compared to just 5% of controls, [s]News-Medical[/s] reports.
‘Text messages seem to give smokers the constant reminders they need to stay focused on quitting,’ says lead author Lorien Abroms of the [b]Milken Institute School of Public Health[/b] at the [b]George Washington University[/b].
[link url=http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140606/Study-Mobile-phone-program-doubles-the-chances-that-smokers-will-quit.aspx]Full News-Medical report[/link]
[link url=http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-professor-creates-mobile-based-smoking-cessation-program]Research[/link]