Mobile phone text messaging and app‐based interventions for smoking cessation

R Whittaker, H McRobbie, C Bullen… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Mobile phone‐based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the
opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face‐to‐face …

Mobile phone‐based interventions for smoking cessation

R Whittaker, H McRobbie, C Bullen… - … of systematic reviews, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Access to mobile phones continues to increase exponentially globally,
outstripping access to fixed telephone lines, fixed computers and the Internet. Mobile …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a text-messaging-based smoking cessation intervention (“Happy Quit”) for smoking cessation in China: A randomized controlled trial

Y Liao, Q Wu, BC Kelly, F Zhang, YY Tang… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background China has the highest global prevalence of cigarette smokers, accounting for
more than 40% of the total cigarette consumption in the world. Considering the shortage of …

Txt2stop: a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking cessation support

C Free, R Whittaker, R Knight, T Abramsky… - Tobacco …, 2009 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Aim: To conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking
cessation support intervention for the UK population. Design: Randomised controlled trial …

Telephone counselling for smoking cessation

J Hartmann‐Boyce - Cochrane database of systematic …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Telephone services can provide information and support for smokers.
Counselling may be provided proactively or offered reactively to callers to smoking …

[HTML][HTML] Chat-based instant messaging support integrated with brief interventions for smoking cessation: a community-based, pragmatic, cluster-randomised controlled …

MP Wang, TT Luk, Y Wu, WH Li, DY Cheung… - The Lancet Digital …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Mobile instant messaging apps offer a modern way to deliver personalised
smoking cessation support through real-time, interactive messaging (chat). In this trial, we …

Efficacy of SMS text message interventions for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis

SA Spohr, R Nandy, D Gandhiraj, A Vemulapalli… - Journal of substance …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Mobile technology provides new opportunities for health promotion
communication. The purpose of this study was to conduct a current and extensive meta …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of mobile apps for smoking cessation: a review

K Regmi, N Kassim, N Ahmad… - Tobacco Prevention & …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS We conducted the search using Ovid Medline/PubMed, CENTRAL and Scopus
databases dated (January 2007-June 2016). Inclusion criteria include randomized control …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial

C Free, R Knight, S Robertson, R Whittaker, P Edwards… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Smoking cessation programmes delivered via mobile phone text messaging
show increases in self-reported quitting in the short term. We assessed the effect of an …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of smartphone app–based interventions for assisting smoking cessation: Systematic review and meta-analysis

YQ Guo, Y Chen, ADV Dabbs, Y Wu - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Smoking is a leading cause of premature death globally. Quitting smoking
reduces the risk of all-cause mortality by 11%-34%. Smartphone app–based smoking …