Mobile applications for the treatment of tobacco use and dependence
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Purpose of review Smoking remains a leading preventable cause of premature death in the world; thus, developing effective and scalable smoking cessation interventions is crucial. This review uses the Obesity-Related Behavioral Intervention Trials (ORBIT) model for early phase development of behavioral interventions to conceptually organize the state of research of mobile applications (apps) for smoking cessation, briefly highlight their technical and theory-based components, and describe available data on efficacy and effectiveness.Recent findings Our review suggests that there is a need for more programmatic efforts in the development of mobile applications for smoking cessation, though it is promising that more studies are reporting early phase research such as user-centered design. We identified and described the app features used to implement smoking cessation interventions, and found that the majority of the apps studied used a limited number of mechanisms of intervention delivery, though more effort is needed to link specific app features with clinical outcomes. Similar to earlier reviews, we found that few apps have yet been tested in large well-controlled clinical trials, although progress is being made in reporting transparency with protocol papers and clinical trial registration.Summary ORBIT is an effective model to summarize and guide research on smartphone apps for smoking cessation. Continued improvements in early phase research and app design should accelerate the progress of research in mobile apps for smoking cessation.
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Most studies have focused on self-help Apps, and scarce research has investigated the efficacy of using Apps as an adjunct to face-to-face interventions to quit smoking.
“Most studies have focused on self-help Apps, and scarce research has investigated the efficacy of using Apps as an adjunct to face-to-face interventions to quit smoking (Vilardaga et al., 2019).”
From Evaluation of effectiveness and acceptability of a psychological treatment for smoking cessation combined with a smartphone App: A pilot study (2024) · cites this paper as Vilardaga et al., 2019
The Discussion section, “Few Studies Demonstrate Clinical Efficacy” (page unavailable), says most of the four Phase III or IV trials used an app as stand-alone treatment and that few studies tested app efficacy. This supports the claim’s general direction, but the stand-alone finding is limited to those trials; the review does not establish that most studies overall focused on self-help apps or specifically quantify research on apps adjunctive to face-to-face treatment. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Vilardaga, R., Casellas-Pujol, E., McClernon, J. F., & Garrison, K. A.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Garrison, Kathleen A.
- Venue
- Current Addiction Reports
- Published
- 2019-05-09
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 86-97
- ISSN
- 2196-2952 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6994183
- OpenAlex
- W2944464025
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 4.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Addiction Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- American Heart Association (14CRP18200010)
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001863)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R00DA037276, K12DA000167)
- National Cancer Institute (R21CA243911)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R34AT010365)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- mobile health apps, smoking cessation, tobacco dependence, smartphone-based intervention, ORBIT model, app features, user-centered design, intervention mechanisms, clinical trial registration
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