Smoking cessation campaigns via SMS in London

Pharmacies in London will launch a text messaging service to validate smoking status and invite

Play on! Virtual Reality Games for Smoking cessation

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC)has created an Internet-based Virtual Reality (VR) game that helps adolescents cease smoking. This interactive program uses cue exposure therapy (CET) to treat addictive behaviors. Furthermore, VRMC�s teen smoking Cessation program educates adolescents on how to effectively avoid situations that cause cravings. In addition, repeated exposure to problematic triggers eventually leads to desensitization.