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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: December 2019

Workgroups: Tobacco Use Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends internet-based interventions to increase tobacco cessation in people who use tobacco. These interventions use websites to provide evidence-based information, strategies, and behavioral support for people who want to quit using tobacco. CPSTF found that internet-based interventions increase cessation 6 or more months after the intervention.

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Objectives related to this resource (10)

Reduce current tobacco use in adults — TU‑01
Improving
Reduce current cigarette smoking in adults — TU‑02
Improving
Reduce current cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoking in adults — TU‑03
Improving
Reduce current tobacco use in adolescents — TU‑04
Getting worse
Reduce current cigarette smoking in adolescents — TU‑06
Target met or exceeded
Reduce current cigar smoking in adolescents — TU‑07
Improving
Reduce current use of smokeless tobacco products among adolescents — TU‑08
Target met or exceeded
Increase past-year attempts to quit smoking in adults — TU‑11
Baseline only
Increase use of smoking cessation counseling and medication in adults who smoke — TU‑13
Baseline only
Increase successful quit attempts in adults who smoke — TU‑14
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2019). Tobacco Use: Internet-based Cessation Interventions. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/tobacco-use-internet-based-cessation-interventions