Online social and professional support for smokers trying to quit: An exploration of first time posts from 2562 members

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Selby, Peter ^a,b,c   Van Mierlo, Trevor ^b,d   Voci, Sabrina C ^a   Parent, Danielle ^d   Cunningham, John A ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO TOBACCO RESEARCH UNIT   (Canada)

^d Evolution Health Systems Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Internet; Social support; Tobacco; Treatment; WATI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; COUNSELING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77957554787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1340     Document Type: Article

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