Harnessing Facebook for smoking reduction and cessation interventions: Facebook user engagement and social support predict smoking reduction

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Kim, Sunny Jung ^a   Marsch, Lisa A ^a   Brunette, Mary F ^a   Dallery, Jesse ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior and behavior mechanisms; Health promotion; Persuasive communication; Smoking cessation; Social media; Social networking; Social support; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85032829469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/JMIR.6681     Document Type: Article

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