Development of a Twitter-based intervention for smoking cessation that encourages high-quality social media interactions via automessages

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Pechmann, Cornelia ^a   Pan, Li ^b   Delucchi, Kevin ^c   Lakon, Cynthia M ^d   Prochaska, Judith J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Smoking cessation; Social media; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84925685475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3772     Document Type: Article

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