What Do Smokers Want in A Smartphone-Based Cessation Application?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fueled by rapid technological advances over the past decade, there is growing interest in the use of smartphones to aid in smoking cessation. Hundreds of applications have been developed for this purpose, but little is known about how these applications are accessed and used by smokers or what features smokers believe would be most useful.

Purpose

The present study sought to understand the prevalence of smartphone ownership and patterns of use among smokers as well as the perceived utility of various smartphone application features for smoking cessation that are currently in development or already available.

Methods

Daily cigarette smokers (n = 224) reported on smartphone ownership, their patterns of smartphone usage, and perceived utility of features. Feat

SUBMITTER: Oliver JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6236072 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature