Integrated Phone Counselling and Text Messaging Services at Quitlines: An Acceptability Study

Journal of Smoking Cessation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-11

  Abroms, Lorien C ^a   Carroll, Philip ^a   Boal, Ashley L ^a   Mendel, Judith ^a   Carpenter, Kelly M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alere Wellbeing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

mHealth; quitline; smoking cessation; SMS; text messaging; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; NEW MEXICO;

EID: 84956728869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18342612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2014.11     Document Type: Article

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