A Mobile Smoking Cessation Intervention for Mexico (Vive sin Tabaco... ¡Decídete!): Single-Arm Pilot Study

• Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth Vol. 7; no. 4; p. e12482
• Main Authors: Cupertino, Ana Paula, Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco, Ramírez, Mariana, Rodríguez-Bolaños, Rosibel, Thrasher, James F, Pérez-Rubio, Gloria, Falfán-Valencia, Ramcés, Ellerbeck, Edward F, Reynales-Shigematsu, Luz Myriam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 25.04.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Automation; Decision making; Drug therapy; Female; Focus groups; Humans; Intervention; Keywords; Male; Mexico; Middle Aged; Mobile Applications - standards; Mobile Applications - statistics & numerical data; Mortality; Original Paper; Pilot Projects; Public health; Smoking cessation; Smoking Cessation - methods; Smoking Cessation - psychology; Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data; Text messaging; Text Messaging - instrumentation; Text Messaging - standards; Text Messaging - statistics & numerical data; Tobacco; Treatment Outcome; Mexico; United States > US; global health; mHealth; text messages; smoking cessation; smoking

Of the 14.3 million Mexicans who smoke, only a minority take advantage of evidence-based approaches to smoking cessation. Mobile health interventions have the potential to increase the reach of effective cessation interventions in Mexico. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability...