SMS Can Help Someone To Quit Smoking - esan brief text that is sent to a cell phone can double their chances of smokers to quit smoking.
This report is based on a study in the United Kingdom are trying to uncover whether a program granting a brief supportive messages may help smokers to stop bad habits.
This study compares the group receives a short message positively with other groups that provided other supportive programs. And after six months, those who receive a short text message turns out to have a tendency to stop twice as big with a value of 10.7% in comparison with other groups that have a value of 4.9%.
This method is a short message of positive intervention actions are relatively inexpensive and have good enough potential for helping smokers to stop bad habits, says the researcher.
The study did not directly compare the message method with another method of positive short to quit smoking, such as for example with nicotine replacement therapy or behavioral support. Therefore, the method of awarding a positive still need to be researched further in conjunction with care-the care that already exist.