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Cancer Risk Perceptions: Highlighting Changes and Time in the Picture

PI: Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD
affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School
topic: cancer prevention, smoking, cessation, smoking status tailored feedback, email, tailored, expert system, Internet, web
medium: Internet, email
audience: adult smokers who are ready to quit smoking
grant: Cancer Risk Perceptions: Highlighting Changes and Time in the Picture
sponsor: American Cancer Society
number: MRSG-06-130-01-CPPB
dates: 2006-07-01 - 2011-06-30

Cancer Risk Perceptions: Highlighting Changes and Time in the Picture

This study examines the impact of "status-assessing" email messages sent to individuals who decided to quit smoking and chose a date to quit. Participants receive email messages 3 and 5 weeks after their self selected quit dates, asking them to click on a URL link that matches their current smoking status (quit, tried but relapsed, never quit). Participants who click on a link receive information targeted to their current smoking status.