New iPhone App for Smokers Trying to Quit
iPhone users wanting to quit smoking now have a new tool at their disposal – a new app that will link them to the National Cancer Institute’s quitline service where they can use live txt or speak directly to a live quitline coach to get advice and help on quitting smoking.
The app, which offers smokers a proven quit smoking therapy, was developed by the School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) at George Washington University and the National Cessation Collaborative (NTCC) with support from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Smokers can find this new app on their iPhone or itunes site …read more
Quitting Smoking is Where the Party’s At: A New Study
May 23, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Health, Relationships, Smoking, Web, Your Body, Your Mind
In a study set to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, researchers have found that quitting smoking is more often a group decision, rather than individual. What kind of group, you ask? A social group.
That’s right, according to the study, smokers tend to quit more in groups, or clusters, rather than on their own.
From 1971 to 2003, Dr. Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School and James Fowler from the University of California, San Diego, followed thousands of smokers and nonsmokers, concentrating on studying participants as part of a “network” of relatives, co-workers, neighbors, friends …read more
