Is nicotine replacement therapy overvalued in smoking cessation? Analysis of smokers' and quitters' communication in social media.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet discussion forums provide new, albeit less used data sources for exploring personal experiences of illness and treatment strategies.

Objective

To gain an understanding of how discussion forum participants value nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in smoking cessation (SC).

Setting

Finnish national Internet-based discussion forum, STUMPPI, supporting SC and consisting of ten free discussion areas, each with a different focus. The analysis was based on STUMPPI forum participants' postings (n = 24 481) in five discussion areas during January 2007-January 2012.

Design

Inductive content analysis of the postings concerning NRT use or comparing NRT to other SC methods.

Results

Three major themes related to NRT in SC emerged from the discussio

SUBMITTER: Kurko T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810674 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature