ReviewAddictive behaviors2014
Text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention: a narrative review.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile text messaging for health: a systematic review of reviews.Annual review of public health · 2015Pooled it
- Feasibility and Engagement of a Peer-Driven Mobile Intervention for Adolescent E-Cigarette Cessation: Cluster Randomized Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Effects of a Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Cessation in Young Females: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Trial
- Decídetexto: Mobile Cessation Support for Latino Adults Who Smoke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Chest · 2025Trial
- Adaptation and Assessment of a Text Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention in Vietnam: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Proactively Offered Text Messages and Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smokers in Primary Care Practices: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Craving to Quit: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Smartphone App-Based Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of a text-messaging-based smoking cessation intervention ("Happy Quit") for smoking cessation in China: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2018Trial
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- Text to Quit China: An mHealth Smoking Cessation Trial.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2017Trial
- Randomised controlled trial evaluation of Tweet2Quit: a social network quit-smoking intervention.Tobacco control · 2017Trial
- Treatment Satisfaction in a Randomized Clinical Trial of mHealth Smoking Abstinence Reinforcement.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- The efficacy of mobile phone-based text message interventions ('Happy Quit') for smoking cessation in China.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Characterizing the Impact of Dyadic Motivations to Quit on Cessation Outcomes in Dual-Smoking Couples.Tobacco use insights · 2025Article
- Towards AI-Driven Healthcare: Systematic Optimization, Linguistic Analysis, and Clinicians' Evaluation of Large Language Models for Smoking Cessation Interventions.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2024Article
- Technology-based interventions for tobacco smoking prevention and treatment: a 20-year bibliometric analysis (2003-2022).Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- Reducing Smoking Cessation Disparities: Capacity for a Primary Care- and Technology-Based Approach Among Medicaid Recipients.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Development of a Conversational Agent for Individuals Ambivalent About Quitting Smoking: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Intervention targeting and retention, engagement and abstinence outcomes among Latino and White users of Smokefree.gov text messaging programmes: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Use of a Rapid Qualitative Method to Inform the Development of a Text Messaging Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke: Formative Research Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionSmoking cessation interventions delivered via text messaging on mobile phones may enhance motivations to quit smoking. The goal of this narrative review is to describe the text messaging interventions' theoretical contents, frequency and duration, treatment outcome, and sample characteristics such as age and motivation to quit, to better inform the future development of this mode of intervention.
methodsStudies were included if text messaging was primarily used to deliver smoking cessation intervention and published in English in a peer-reviewed journal. All articles were coded by two independent raters to determine eligibility and to extract data.
resultsTwenty-two studies described 15 text messaging interventions. About half of the interventions recruited adults (ages 30-40) and the other half targeted young adults (ages 18-29). Fourteen interventions sent text messages during the quit phase, 10 had a preparation phase and eight had a maintenance phase. The number of text messages and the duration of the intervention varied. All used motivational messages grounded in social cognitive behavioral theories, 11 used behavioral change techniques, and 14 used individually tailored messages. Eleven interventions also offered other smoking cessation tools. Three interventions yielded smoking cessation outcomes greater than the control condition.
conclusionsThe proliferation of text messaging in recent years suggests that text messaging interventions may have the potential to improve smoking cessation rates. Detailed summary of the interventions suggests areas for future research and clinical application. More rigorous studies are needed to identify components of the interventions that can enhance their acceptability, feasibility and efficacy.
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