Online support for smoking cessation: a systematic review of the literature.

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Published in Addiction on November 01, 2009

Authors

Lion Shahab1, Andy McEwen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. lion.shahab@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Web-based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Transition From Inpatient to Outpatient | NCT01277250

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