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## Discussion of how Internet- and Cell phone components included in smoking cessation programmes  **Start Start  with a brief introduction to the concept of Internet and cell phones and why or how unique are these two media or two approaches to enable a smoker to quit. For example, start with a quick introduciton to the concept of Internet as a system of networked computers that was preceded by the DARPA experiments, and then following the experiments and initially confined to the scientific community, how the World Wide Web became a major channel of information dissemination. Here, mention that all smoking cessation programmes are essentially based on reaching messages and information to individuals in an effort to make the quit smoking and stay as quitters. State that Internet as a channel for connecting people who provide the message and who receive such messages can be very useful. Then in the next paragraph write about the emergence of mobile devices of communication. Start with a brief history of tailored messaging for smoking cessation (discuss the work by Matthew Kreuter and his tailored messaging through telephones) and then write about how from desktop telephones, people graduated to cell phones as ubiquitous devices. Also here discuss that cell phone usage among adolescents is very popular. If this is the target population to be aimed at for smoking cessation and control, then focus on using cell phones and Internet and social media through the Internet and the world wide web can be a very useful channel. Then start the next paragraph** paragraph  More health care providers are now including Internet and Cell phone components inclusive of text messaging, emails, accessing websites, accessing video clips online, access to online discussion forums and information within their smoking cessation programmes. The Internet and Cell phone allows people to receive information and treatment at any time, wherever they are and it provides anonymity. **Internet- and Cell phone-based interventions in smoking cessation**