Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial

Caroline Free; Rochelle Knight; Steven Robertson; Robyn Whittaker; Phil Edwards; Weiwei Zhou; Anthony Rodgers; John Cairns; Michael G. Kenward; Ian Roberts

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60701-0

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Smoking cessationAbstinenceMedicineRandomized controlled trialIntervention (counseling)PhoneText messagingMobile phoneIntention-to-treat analysisPhysical therapyPsychiatryInternal medicineTelecommunicationsWorld Wide Web

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 378
Issue: 9785
Pages: 49-55
Citations: 755
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                                    Caroline Free, 
                                
                                    Rochelle Knight, 
                                
                                    Steven Robertson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 378
                            (9785)
                            , 49-55.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60701-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60701-0