To text or not to text? Acceptability of WeChat and textmessaging intervention to promote tobacco control assistanceamong parents who smoke in rural China

INTRODUCTION Although the use of mobile health (mHealth) to promote tobacco control and smoking cessation interventions has been available in developed countries, their use in low- and middle-income countries (i.e. in China) is lacking. This study examined the acceptance of text messaging and/or WeChat based tobacco control intervention among parents who smoke, in rural China.