ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP
A mixed-methods study of young adults' receptivity to using Facebook for smoking cessation: if you build it, will they come?
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Social Media Intervention for Young Adult Smokers
A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Versus In-person Peer-motivation Smoking Cessation Interventions
Assessing the Effectiveness of Peer-Facilitated Versus Self-Navigated Tobacco Cessation Interventions for Youths
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of Mobile Technologies for Smoking Cessation Among Smokers and Former Smokers: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Smoking-Cessation Interventions for U.S. Young Adults: Updated Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Recruiting unmotivated smokers into a smoking induction trial.Health education research · 2016Trial
- Using WhatsApp and Facebook Online Social Groups for Smoking Relapse Prevention for Recent Quitters: A Pilot Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
- The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- CEASE Tobacco Cessation Program: Validation of Self-Rated Quit with Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence.Global journal of cardiovascular diseases · 2025Article
- Online social platform engagement by young treatment seekers in a digital vaping cessation intervention: Effects on confidence in the ability to quit vaping and vaping abstinence.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- In-Person versus Virtual CEASE Smoking Cessation Interventions.Journal of biomedical and life sciences · 2024Article
- Using Social Media to Engage Justice-Involved Young Adults in Digital Health Interventions for Substance Use: Pilot Feasibility Survey Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Quasi-experimental design for using an interactive social media intervention program to improve truck drivers' health beliefs and eating behaviors.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A WeChat-based smoking cessation intervention for Chinese smokers: A pilot study.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Consumer health information needs in China - a case study of depression based on a Social Q&A community.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Social Media Intervention to Promote Smoking Treatment Utilization and Cessation Among Alaska Native People Who Smoke: Protocol for the Connecting Alaska Native People to Quit Smoking (CAN Quit) Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Facebook for recruiting Spanish- and English-speaking smokers.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- Development of a social media-based intervention targeting tobacco use and heavy episodic drinking in young adults.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2019Article
- Development and acceptability testing of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for sexual and gender minority young adults.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- Coping Strategies and Social Support in a Mobile Phone Chat App Designed to Support Smoking Cessation: Qualitative Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Innovative approaches to support smoking cessation for individuals with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2017Review
- Conducting online focus groups on Facebook to inform health behavior change interventions: Two case studies and lessons learned.Internet interventions · 2017Article
- Social Media Use and Access to Digital Technology in US Young Adults in 2016.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeTo determine whether young adults are interested in a Facebook intervention for smoking cessation and to inform the design of such an intervention.
designMixed-methods.
settingParticipants throughout the United States were recruited through Facebook.
participantsYoung adults aged 18 to 25 years who had smoked at least once in the past month.
methodParticipants (N = 570) completed an online survey of tobacco and social media use. A subset of 30 survey completers, stratified by motivation to quit smoking, agreed to participate in a structured interview over online chat. Themes were identified by using grounded theory.
resultsApproximately a third of the full sample (31%) reported they would want to get help to quit smoking by using Facebook. Interest in using Facebook to quit was greater among those who were more motivated to quit (χ(2) = 75.2, p < .001), had made a quit attempt in the past year (χ(2) = 16.0, p < .001), and had previously used the Internet for assistance with a quit attempt (χ(2) = 6.2, p = .013). In qualitative interviews, social support and convenience were identified as strengths of a Facebook intervention, while privacy was the main issue of concern.
conclusionNearly one in three young adult smokers on Facebook expressed interest in using Facebook for quitting smoking. Social media approaches that respect privacy and tailor to readiness to quit are likely to maximize participation.
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