Peter Benda describes University of Melbourne's work on 'QuitCoach' - an online service to help people stop smoking. Peter works at Melbourne University's Department of Information Systems - www.dis.unimelb.edu.au

He talks about some of the unique aspects of this research - such as participatory design as therapy, and the 'confessional' needs of the quitting smoker.

The current version of QuitCoach is at www.thequitcoach.org.au

The National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia is at www.nhmrc.gov.au

The New Zealand STOMP (Stop smoking with mobile phones) trial is at www.ctru.auckland.ac.nz/research/stomp/index.html

Florian 'Floyd' Muller's paper is 'A table tennis game for three players' - http://tinyurl.com/3ylovs

... and the Northcote Social Club (Melbourne) is at http://northcotesocialclub.com/pages/giglist.php

Duration: 24:25
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