A three-month social media campaign - 'Break It Off' and 'Smokers Helpline' - by University of Waterloo helped smokers quit smoking by 34% and 14% respectively.

The study compared the success of the social media-based campaign Break It Off with Smokers’ Helpline, a telephone hotline for young adults looking to quit smoking.
After three months in the program, 32 percent of smokers who used Break It Off apps and web tools had quit smoking, compared to 14 percent of their peers who used the telephone-based support.
Lead author Bruce Baskerville said that results suggest that the creators of public health campaigns need to evaluate how they use social media channels and social networks to improve health, especially with regards to younger demographics.
The study is published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Source-ANI