Chat-based instant messaging support integrated with brief interventions for smoking cessation: a community-based, pragmatic, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Summary: Background: Mobile instant messaging apps offer a modern way to deliver personalised smoking cessation support through real-time, interactive messaging (chat). In this trial, we aimed to assess the effect of chat-based instant messaging support integrated with brief interventions on smokin...

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Main Authors: Man Ping Wang, PhD, Tzu Tsun Luk, BNurs, Yongda Wu, BSc, William H Li, PhD, Derek Y Cheung, PhD, Antonio C Kwong, LLB, Vienna Lai, MPH, Sophia S Chan, ProfPhD, Tai Hing Lam, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:The Lancet: Digital Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589750019300822