LONDON - Smokers who menrima SMS calls to quit smoking, it was twice as successful to get rid of the habit, rather than smokers who did not receive a text message, according to a new trial.
The results of trials published in The Lancet showed that 11 percent of smokers in England who received a text message appeal to stop smoking, for 6 months in the future show good intentions to stop the habit, compared with 5 percent of smokers who received the message includes a consultation appointment to stop smoke
Smokers in the study received five SMS in a day for five weeks, then three times a week for a period of 26 weeks. “It’s about time! DAY STOP. Carbon monoxide must leave your body,” read the contents of the SMS message.
As quoted by Bloomberg, on Friday (07/01/2011), for those who claimed to have quit smoking for six months would send a sample of his saliva to researchers.
“The method of trial by SMS is quite effective so far, expected to be used for a long time,” says Caroline Free from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London.
“Currently there are approximately 3 percent of smokers successfully quit without following any program,” he added.
Free to conclude that the programs of healing and rehabilitation opportunities to double smokers to eliminate the habit.
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