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College Smoking-Cessation Using Cell Phone Text Messaging

Obermayer, Jami L., Riley, William T., Asif, Ofer, Jean-Mary, Jersino·2004·Journal of American College Health
DOI 10.3200/jach.53.2.71-78
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Although rates of smoking among college-aged students continue to rise, few interventions that focus on college smokers' unique motivations and episodic smoking patterns exist. The authors developed and evaluated a prototype program targeting college students that integrates Web and cell phone technologies to deliver a smoking-cessation intervention. To guide the user through the creation and initialization of an individualized quitting program delivered by means of cell phone text messaging, the program uses assessment tools delivered with the program Web site. Forty-six regular smokers were recruited from local colleges and provided access to the program. At 6-week follow-up, 43% had made at least one 24-hour attempt to quit, and 22% were quit--based on a 7-day prevalence criterion. The findings provide support for using wireless text messages to deliver potentially effective smoking-cessation behavioral interventions to college students.

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  • In this review, only a few studies adjusted the timing of interventions, usually during the transition from behavior change to maintenance, but these adjustments were set a priori across all participants and were not dynamically determined at the individual level.

    “In this review, only a few studies adjusted the timing of the interventions, usually during the transition from behavior change to maintenance (e.g., [23, 40]), but these timing adjustments were set a priori across all participants and were not dynamically determined at the individual level.”

    From Health behavior models in the age of mobile interventions: are our theories up to the task? (2011) · cites this paper as [23]

  • Most smoking and weight loss mobile interventions provided some form of just-in-time response based on a prior input, but the frequency or intensity of interactivity varied substantially.

    “Most of the smoking and weight loss mobile interventions provided some form of “just-in-time” response based on a prior input, but the frequency or intensity of interactivity varied substantially among these interventions”

    From Health behavior models in the age of mobile interventions: are our theories up to the task? (2011) · cites this paper as [23]

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Authors
Obermayer, J. L., Riley, W. T., Asif, O., & Jean-Mary, J.
Affiliations
Personal Improvement Computer Systems (US)
ORCID
Riley, William T.
Venue
Journal of American College Health
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-09
Volume
53
Issue
2
Pages
71-78
ISSN
  • 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
  • 0744-8481
  • 1940-3208
DOI
10.3200/jach.53.2.71-78
OpenAlex
W2012737242
Cited by
321
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 34
FWCI
3.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R43CA097692)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Keywords
smoking cessation, university students, mobile health intervention, smoking cessation attempts
MeSH terms
Smoking Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Feasibility Studies, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Sensitivity and Specificity, Smoking, Students, Telecommunications, Tobacco Use Disorder, Universities, Cohort Studies, Smoking Cessation, Internet, Cell Phone

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