ABSTRACT
A behavioural stop-smoking program (Go Nosmoke) was made available 24 hours a day, for use by any CompuServe Information System (CIS) subscriber on any networked PC, and linked to an electronic bulletin board used by fellow smokers and a psychiatrist, psychologist, and lay ex-smoker (Schneider, 1986). Users were taught to recognize feelings and activities triggering smoking, make smoking an ordeal, break the link between urges to smoke and lighting up, and keep a smoking diary. Advice was tailored to each smoker's answers and progress toward quitting smoking. At three months post-treatment 7 of 28 users were nonsmokers, similar to results from face-to-face programs.
