An investigation of smoking cessation video content on youtube

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 893-897

  Richardson, Chris G ^a   Vettese, Lisa ^b   Sussman, Steve ^c   Small, Sandra P ^d   Selby, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; smoking cessation; social marketing; YouTube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION;

COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERNET; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79957526814     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.570628     Document Type: Article

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