Paper Information
| Title | A Mobile Game Aiming to Evoke Arousal Effects of Nicotine |
| Presenter(s) | Jessica Mezei, Azadeh Jamaian, Pazit Levitan, Jessica Hammer and Charles Kinzer |
| Session | Assessing Games for Health |
| Time | Friday, October 22, 2:30p-3:30p |
| Location | Lake Huron Room |
| Format | Paper Presentation |
| Description | Although tobacco use may have decreased, it remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States (RWJ Foundation, 2009). Among adult smokers, 70% report that they want to quit completely, and more than 40% try to quit each year (World Health Organization, 2008). New behavioral approaches may be helpful to address this pervasive problem and we ask if such an approach could be a mobile game. |
| More | View PDF of extended abstract |