Feasibility and quit rates of the tobacco status project: A facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ramo, Danielle E ^a,b,c   Thrul, Johannes ^c   Chavez, Kathryn ^a   Delucchi, Kevin L ^a   Prochaska, Judith J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Smoking cessation; Social media; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954350258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5209     Document Type: Article

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