Jump to full article: University of Florida, 2009-11-17
Intro: The Internet may soon join nicotine chewing gum, the patch and behavioral counseling as a remedy for tobacco addiction, says a University of Florida researcher who participated in a study of rural residents using their computers to kick the habit.
Remote residents were chosen as subjects because they live far from clinical services that have helped many of their urban counterparts to quit smoking, said Jesse Dallery, a UF psychologist and one of the study’s authors.
“People who live away from cities face special challenges in kicking the habit because they are served by fewer clinics offering smoking cessation programs and they usually lack public transportation,” he said. “Capitalizing on the reach of the Internet is one way to help these otherwise inaccessible smokers.”
People who tried the virtual program were able to refrain from smoking at more than twice the rate of another group who did not use it
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