AI-Enabled Personalized Smoking Cessation Intervention With the Aipaca Chatbot: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States; yet, evidence-based cessation services remain underused due to staffing constraints, limited access to counseling, and competing clinical priorities. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots may address these barriers by delivering personalized, guideline-aligned counseling through naturalistic dialogue. However, little is known about how GenAI chatbots support smoking cessation at both outcome and communication process levels.

Objective

This feasibility study evaluated the implementation of an evidence-based smoking cessation counseling session delivered by a GenAI-powered chatbot, Aipaca. We examined (1) pre-post changes in cessation preparedness, (2) communication dy

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12741657 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature