{"id":4884,"date":"2016-01-07T14:24:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"All it takes is a simple text, \u201ciquit,\u201d to kick the habit.\r\n\r\nQuitxt, a free text message and online support service, helps people beat smoking by sending them interactive messages, real-time support, hip-hop music, videos and other educational content. I"},"modified":"2016-05-27T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T20:10:15","slug":"quitting-smoking-well-text-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/quitting-smoking-well-text-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Quitting smoking? We\u2019ll text you."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All it takes is a simple text, \u201ciquit,\u201d to kick the habit.<\/p>\n<p>Quitxt, a free text message and online support service, helps people beat smoking by sending them interactive messages, real-time support, hip-hop music, videos and other educational content. It is designed to help with motivation to quit, setting a quit date, handling stress and more.<\/p>\n<p>The service is geared toward Latino young adults in South Texas. It was launched Oct. 13 by the Health Science Center with $1.4 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the endorsement of the San Antonio Scorpions soccer team, SA2020 and other businesses and health groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe developed Quitxt specifically for young adult Latino smokers to capitalize on their heavy usage of texting to help them quit,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.uthscsa.edu\/?pid=profile&amp;id=1W40WX3FW\">Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H.<\/a>, study leader and director of the Health Science Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ihpr.uthscsa.edu\">Institute for Health Promotion Research<\/a>. Her team worked with text message system expert David Akopian, Ph.D., from The University of Texas at\u00a0San Antonio, to create the service.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco kills about 3,000 people in South Texas every year. Smoking rates are especially high among Mexican-Americans along the border and across South Texas, heightening the risk of cancer and heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Text message applications, as well as telephone and online counseling, have been shown to roughly double successful quit rates among smokers, with more impact in younger age groups.<\/p>\n<p>Quitxt accepts smokers aged 18 and older. 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