Blogging to Quit Smoking: Sharing Stories from Women of Childbearing Years in Ontario

• Published in: Substance abuse : research and treatment Vol. 2016; no. Suppl. 1; pp. 21 - 26
• Main Authors: Minian, Nadia, Noormohamed, Aliya, Dragonetti, Rosa, Maher, Julie, Lessels, Christina, Selby, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publishing 01.01.2016; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd. (UK); Sage Publications Ltd; Libertas Academica
• Subjects: Birth weight; Blogs; Cardiovascular disease; Cigarettes; Fetuses; Interviews; Mental health; Original Research; Pregnancy complications; Pregnant women; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Social aspects; Surveys; Tobacco; Websites; Women; Womens health; Writing; Ontario; Ontario Canada; Canada; postpartum; blogging; smoking cessation; pregnant

This study examined the degree to which the pregnant or postpartum women, in the process of quitting smoking, felt that writing in a blog about their smoking cessation journeys helped them in their efforts to become or remain smoke free. Five women who blogged for Prevention of Gestational and Neona...