Send text messages to help youth quit? experts recommend China smokers use

New Zealand scientists conduct of a clinical trial, researchers at the new smoking cessation treatment plan with the power of SMS to the young smokers quit two times faster.

The test is determined by the New Zealand Auckland University, a research group, leader Anthony · Rogers said, this is the first time scientists who use cell phones to help people quit smoking. A total of 850 young people who want to quit smoking, accepted the researchers sent SMS, including "Please write four might compel you to quit smoking", etc. Volunteers with an average age of 25 years old, from the specified "stop smoking day" to start the week before, the first group for five weeks will receive a five-day text messages, then five months to receive three per week. Moreover, from smoking, they also will get a month free private message time. In addition, there is a group of young smokers quit smoking from a specified day six months after the start to get a month free message, but the researchers did not send them a short message designed to help quit smoking.

From the sixth week after quitting, 28% of the first group of volunteers who claimed to have successfully quit smoking, the second group of only 13%. In order to test them for accuracy, researchers conducted two group revealed that a saliva analysis of two groups who declared itself already smoking half actually still smoking. Six months later, stop smoking rate has increased. Through the older smokers to investigate see, 15% to 30% of those quitting, the sixth week after the success, they usually use quit chewing gum and other traditional methods. In Western countries, 30% of youth are smokers, but very few of them are willing to give up smoking.

Rogers said, SMS help young people to quit smoking is multi-faceted, it is finger gum, let smokers in no smoke without doing nothing. Trials, scientists have devised various SMS encourage volunteers live with smoking cessation of pain, the use of music and sports, and other information dispersed their attention. Rogers also stressed that SMS stop smoking method on smokers and many other countries very useful, in China there are 50 million young smokers, mobile phone users reached 2.5 billion, and the monthly repayment will increase to 500 million.