Text message service helps smokers kick habit

MOTIVATIONAL text messages sent to smokers’ mobile phones can double their chances of giving up tobacco, a study has found.

Text message service helps smokers kick habit

The “txt2stop” trial tested the effects of inspirational text messages designed to encourage quitting on almost 3,000 smokers.

Participants were twice as likely to banish their habit as another group sent texts unrelated to smoking.

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