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Evidence Supports Use of Online-Based Programs to Help Adults Quit Smoking 

Available evidence supports the use of online or other computer-based smoking cessation programs for helping adults quit smoking, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

"Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable disease and premature death," the authors wrote as background information in the article. Currently recommended smoking cessation strategies include individual or group counseling, medications, and telephone quit-line counseling.

Seung-Kwon Myung, MD, then with the University of California, Berkeley, California, and now with the National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea, and colleagues identified 22 randomised controlled trials of Web- and computer-based programs published between 1989 and 2008.

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