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- Title
Facebook Chat Application to Prompt and Assist Smoking Cessation Among Spanish-Speaking Young Adults in South Texas.
- Authors
Chalela, Patricia; McAlister, Alfred L.; Akopian, David; Munoz, Edgar; Despres, Cliff; Kaghyan, Sahak; Ramirez, Amelie G.
- Abstract
Given how smart phones, internet services, and social media have shown great potential for assisting smoking cessation, we constructed a Facebook chat application based on our previous work with SMS texting services. This report summarizes findings from 2,364 Spanish-speaking young adults recruited through Facebook advertising in South Texas during the 2020 New Year holiday season. Among these service users, 926 (39%) were ready to make a quit attempt, and 26 (3.1%) of those users reported that they were tobacco free 1 month later. There were no responses to a chat question survey 72 days after the dates selected for quitting. Although more research with longer follow up is needed, these findings show that social media chat applications may be helpful for at least prompting quit attempts and short-term cessation among young adult Spanish-speaking smokers. There is no evidence of an impact on long-term cessation, and more research is clearly needed.
- Subjects
TEXAS; FACEBOOK (Web resource); SMOKING cessation; MOBILE apps; HEALTH promotion; ADULTS
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/15248399211026263