A text messaging-based smoking cessation program for adult smokers: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite promising data in Western countries, there is a dearth of research into the efficacy of text messaging-based smoking cessation programs in other settings, including the Middle East, where smoking prevalence rates are higher.

Objective

This paper reports cessation rates observed in SMS Turkey, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for adult smokers in Ankara, Turkey.

Methods

This study was a small-scale, parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Ankara, Turkey. Participants were adult daily smokers who were seriously thinking about quitting in the next 15 days and living in Ankara, Turkey. The text messaging intervention, SMS Turkey, provided 6 weeks of daily messages aimed at giving participants skills to help them qui

SUBMITTER: Ybarra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799568 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature