ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2017
Smiling Instead of Smoking: Development of a Positive Psychology Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Non-daily Smokers.
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- Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Nondaily Smoking With Telephone Onboarding: Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Positive psychological interventions on alcohol use and consequences: Pilot randomized trial in a young adult cannabis-using sample.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- Results of a pilot study examining the effect of positive psychology interventions on cannabis use and related consequences.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- The attitudes toward hookah smoking in the MENA region scale (ATHS-MENA): factor analysis and validation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Introducing Quin: The Design and Development of a Prototype Chatbot to Support Smoking Cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Testing the Outcomes of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Nondaily Smokers: Protocol for a Proof-of-concept Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Feature-Level Analysis of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App Based on a Positive Psychology Approach: Prospective Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A Smoking Cessation App for Nondaily Smokers (Version 2 of the Smiling Instead of Smoking App): Acceptability and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- The Analysis of Integration of Ideological Political Education With Innovation Entrepreneurship Education for College Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Leveraging Positive Psychology to Support Smoking Cessation in Nondaily Smokers Using a Smartphone App: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Mobile Applications for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence.Current addiction reports · 2019Article
- Combining Real-Time Ratings With Qualitative Interviews to Develop a Smoking Cessation Text Messaging Program for Primary Care Patients.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Positive Affect as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation and Relapse: Does It Offer Unique Predictive Value among Depressive Symptom Domains?Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Crush the Crave: Development and Formative Evaluation of a Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Editorial on IJBM Special Issue-E-Health Interventions for Addictive Behaviors.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThe usefulness of mobile technology in supporting smoking cessation has been demonstrated, but little is known about how smartphone apps could best be leveraged. The purpose of this paper is to describe the program of research that led to the creation of a smoking cessation app for non-daily smokers, so as to stimulate further ideas to create "smart" smartphone apps to support health behavior change.
methodLiterature reviews to evaluate the appropriateness of the proposed app, content analyses of existing apps, and smoking cessation sessions with non-daily smokers (n = 38) to inform the design of the app.
resultsThe literature reviews showed that (1) smoking cessation apps are sought after by smokers, (2) positive affect plays an important role in smoking cessation, (3) short, self-administered exercises consistently bring about enduring positive affect enhancements, and (4) low treatment-seeking rates of non-daily smokers despite high motivation to quit indicate a need for novel smoking cessation support. Directed content analyses of existing apps indicated that tailoring, two-way interactions, and proactive features are under-utilized in existing apps, despite the popularity of such features. Conventional content analyses of audio-recorded session tapes suggested that difficulty in quitting was generally linked to specific, readily identifiable occasions, and that social support was considered important but not consistently sought out.
conclusionThe "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SIS) app is an Android app that is designed to act as a behavioral, in-the-pocket coach to enhance quitting success in non-daily smokers. It provides proactive, tailored behavioral coaching, interactive tools (e.g., enlisting social support), daily positive psychology exercises, and smoking self-monitoring.
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