TY - JOUR T1 - Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation show inconsistent effects across trials, with only some trials showing a benefit JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 47 LP - 48 DO - 10.1136/ebn1135 VL - 14 IS - 2 AU - Carla J Berg Y1 - 2011/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/14/2/47.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Civljak M, Sheikh A, Stead LF, et al. Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;9:CD007078. Technology greatly impacts our lives and thus has fostered a burgeoning interest in how it can be used effectively to enhance public health. Because cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States,1 addressing this concern through technology-based approaches may have significant public health implications. The primary objective of this Cochrane review was to determine the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation. The authors included randomised and quasi-randomised trials of smokers using any type of Internet-based intervention in comparison to no-intervention controls or other Internet programs. Limited meta-analysis was performed due to the heterogeneity of … ER -