Title | ||
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The impact of social media-based support groups on smoking relapse prevention in Saudi Arabia. |
Abstract | ||
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•Tobacco smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death across the globe.•The support provided by social media is more effective in smoking cessation after abstinence than traditional social support approaches.•Individuals struggling to quit smoking should be encouraged to join the social media support groups of their interest so as to increase their cessation achievements. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.03.005 | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Social media,Support groups,Smoking cessation,Saudi Arabia | Health care,Smoking cessation intervention,Social network,Social media,Computer science,Smoking cessation,Abstinence,Online social support,Psychiatry,Statistics,Relapse prevention | Journal |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
159 | 0169-2607 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 5 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Hamidi Al Onezi | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
Mohamed Khalifa | 2 | 11 | 9.64 |
Ashraf El Metwally | 3 | 0 | 2.37 |
Mowafa S. Househ | 4 | 116 | 31.32 |