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Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation 

Jump to full article: The Cochrane Library (uk), 2009-10-07
Author: Whittaker R, Borland R, Bullen C, Lin RB, McRobbie H, Rodgers A

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Summary

Can interventions delivered by mobile phones help people to stop smoking?

More evidence is needed to determine if programmes delivered over mobile phones can help people to stop smoking. This review found text message mobile phone programmes to be effective in the short-term (six weeks), and a combined Internet-mobile phone programme to be effective up to 12 months.

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