Federal HHS Launches Smoking Cessation mHealth Initiatives

Share On September 19, 2011, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new mobile health (mhealth) initiative to increase the use of mhealth services to aid in smoking cessation. The initiatives were spurred by recommendations from the Text4Health task force. HHS established the department-wide Text4Health Task Force in November 2010 to identify ongoing initiatives and proposals for new mHealth projects. The task force was also charged with recommending the HHS role in encouraging and/or developing health text messaging and mobile health programs in the future. The new smoking cessation initiatives include the following: The . . .