Stop smoking experts in Bradford want to send supportive text messages to smokers - to help them kick their habit.UK researchers sent motivational text messages to three thousand participants who were going through the process of quitting smoking in the 'text to stop' trial.
Three-thousand people wnating to quit were sent texts which said things such as 'carry on you're doing really well' and 'you can do it.'
Of these smokers, 10% had quit six months later. This figure is double the amount of wannabe quitter who were monitored but did not recieve encouraging texts.
Bradford smokers can expect text messages from early next year.
Lorraine Bradbury from NHS Bradford's stop smoking service says: "The study was really successfully. It's not something that we use in Bradford at the moment, although we do use texting to remind people of their appointments.
It's certainly something that we'd like to consider in the future. We're looking into it for early next year. We already have a texting system in place so it shouldn't be too difficult to implement."
Lorraine bradbury by BCB News
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