ReviewFrontiers in digital health2025
The role of chatbots and virtual assistants in enhancing tobacco cessation counselling.
Review in Frontiers in digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mapping the effectiveness of digital health interventions in promoting electronic cigarette cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Use of the Dynamic Systems Development Method to Inform Technology-Assisted Motivational Interviewing (TAMI) for Tobacco Cessation: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Unlocking AI Chatbot Potential in Healthcare: Trust-Enhanced DeLone & McLean IS Success Model.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Tobacco remains one of the leading global public health threats, causing over 8 million deaths worldwide each year. Existing tobacco cessation strategies must be complemented with innovative approaches to enhance their effectiveness. This paper is intended to review the state and success of chatbots and virtual assistants in the delivery of tobacco cessation counselling services. Comprehensive literature search was performed on various databases including PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, COCHRANE Library, and ScienceDirect using relevant keywords concerning tobacco cessation as well as artificial intelligence. The review is limited to studies published between March 2015 and March 2024 examining only the role of chatbots and virtual assistants in smoking cessation. The analysis of 31 studies found that chatbots and virtual assistants deliver continuous support, personalized interaction, and increased accessibility, which collectively boost user engagement. Their anonymity from other means of online counselling has significantly increased the willingness of people who want to stop smoking. The development of information technology has led to the advent of AI-based chatbots and virtual assistants as a promising novel tool for the tobacco cessation process, providing personalized, adaptive, and scalable support to web-based users. Personalized approaches improve the chances of success in quitting smoking and represent a major advancement of cessation strategies.
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