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Texting for health: Updated Cochrane review finds long-term effectiveness of mobile phone interventions to help people stop smoking
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Got It, Hide this- Website: Evidently Cochrane
- Resource type: Blog
Summary - The message of this resource is:
Your mobile phone may help you quit smoking. Recent research shows that text messages with motivation and advice can help to increase quit rates.
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text, message, reminder, smoker, tobacco, stop, smartphone
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Rated on: 4/6/2015 9:47:37 AM
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