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RealU

PI: Lawrence C. An, MD
affiliation: University of Minnesota
topic: cancer prevention, tobacco, smoking, cessation, Internet, web,email counseling, peer support, college students, tailored, expert system
medium: Internet
audience: college students who smoke cigarettes at least once a month
grant: Tailored-Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers
sponsor: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
number: 1R01HL089491-01
dates: 2007-09-05 - 2011-05-31

RealU
RealU is a three-group randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of providing web-based individually tailored smoking cessation/reduction messages and email-based peer support to college students who smoke cigarettes at least once a month. The study is being conducted with students across the United States who are enrolled in a 4-year college program.