Smoking is also attributed to one in every six non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths in the world 2. The health consequences of active and passive smoking are causally linked to nicotine addiction, cancer, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes 1. Future research on effectiveness and efficacy of smartphone alone and comparisons with other mHealth interventions, such as text messaging would be useful. Conclusions: Quality evidence is warranted with large sample size to measure effect size of the intervention. Similarly, reduction in relapse attributed to enhanced discussion among quitters using social media applications was observed. Development of smartphone applications was supported by behaviour change theories in all studies nevertheless heterogeneous forms of intervention were adopted within studies. App engagement features increase the statistical significance in the quit rate. However, inconsistency was observed in their association with abstinence or quit rate. Audiovisual features followed by a quit plan, tracking progress and sharing features are most accepted and utilised app features. Two assessors independently extracted and evaluated the data from each included study Results: The review of eight selected studies illustrate the use of smartphone applications in increasing quit rates among smokers, however adherence to app features influences quit rates. Inclusion criteria include randomized control trials or intervention studies with mobile applications that offer smoking cessation support.
Material and Methods: We conducted the search using Ovid Medline/PubMed, CENTRAL and Scopus databases dated (January 2007- June 2016).
Therefore, this review aims to assess the evidence on effectiveness of smartphone applications as an intervention tool for smoking cessation support. However, the effects of smartphone applications on applicability and efficacy on cessation rate and prevention of relapses are not often evaluated. Introduction: Smartphone-based smoking cessation interventions are increasingly used around the world.
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