The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ramo, Danielle E ^a,b   Thrul, Johannes ^b   Delucchi, Kevin L ^a   Ling, Pamela M ^a,b   Hall, Sharon M ^a   Prochaska, Judith J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941671265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2217-0     Document Type: Article

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