Smoke Cessation With SMS-Not As Crazy As It Sounds

I have to say that I was a little skeptical at fist but after reading it sounds like a great idea.

This is a new experiment in New Zealand and it sounds like a great way to encourage people to quit smoking and help then when it starts to be hard.

Auckland University’s Clinical Trials Research Unit found that sending smokers regular, personalised text messages - containing quit-smoking advice, support or distraction - more than doubled their chances of them having stopped smoking when checked six weeks later.

The scheme has been adapted from the Stomp trial - Stop Smoking with Mobile Phones. Further details will be unveiled by the Quit Group tomorrow to coincide with the start of what is understood to be the first national programme of its type in the world.

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