Functions | Sub-functions | Description |
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Registration | Recording current smoking behavior | Record amount smoked, smoking duration, price of cigarettes, tar content of cigarettes, pattern of smoking behavior, etc |
Recording past history of quit attempts | Record number and duration of past quit attempts | |
Testing the level of nicotine dependence | Provide a standardized test to help users assess their level of nicotine dependence | |
Assessing quitting readiness | Assess motivation to quit and the stage of smoking cessation | |
Facilitating action plan | Setting a quit date | Help users to set a quit date |
Setting a plan for reducing smoking | Help users to set the daily maximum smoking consumption and the time between two cigarettes | |
Listing reasons for quitting | Let users write down the reasons for quitting smoking and display it on the home page of the mini-program | |
Resetting a quit plan | Encourage users to reset a quit date when they relapse | |
Recording quitting | Recording the duration of quitting | Prompt self-recording and displaying how many days the users not smoke |
Providing rewards on quitting | Give users a virtual medal of different levels according to the duration of quitting | |
Sharing quitting achievements | Users could share their quitting achievements, including duration of quit smoking, the benefits from quitting, and the virtual medal obtained in the mini-program, to social media by an automatically generated picture | |
Benefits from quitting | Hazards reduced from quitting | Providing the information of reducing cigarettes and tar intake according to the number of quitting days and their previous daily cigarette consumption |
Cost saving from quitting | Providing the information of cost saved from not smoking according to the number of quitting days and their previous daily expenditure on smoking | |
Health benefits from quitting | Providing the information of health benefits from not smoking according to the number of quitting days, such as the elimination of exhaled carbon monoxide | |
Coping with cravings | Recording smoking craving | Prompt self-recording the number of smoking cravings |
Motivational messages | Providing motivational messages to help users overcome cravings | |
Coping toolkit | Providing skills to cope with cravings, including guiding relaxation and mindfulness exercises, challenging automatic thoughts, tips for coping with stress, etc | |
Reducing smoking | Calculator for daily smoking cigarettes | Calculating and displaying daily smoking cigarettes |
Quitting diary | Recording smoking cues | Help users to record and identify smoking cues |
Advising on changing routine | Advise users to change daily routines to minimize exposure to smoking cues | |
Quitting tasks | Setting graded tasks | Prompt users to complete online assessment questionnaires at 1 week, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months after the quit date |
Assessing smoking cessation progress | Give feedback arising from assessment of current self-reported behaviours and progress towards becoming a permanent non-smoker | |
Barrier identification and problem solving | Help users to identify the barriers (e.g. nicotine withdrawal symptoms, stress, etc.) that might make it harder to stay off cigarettes and provide personalized suggestions according to the barriers (e.g. how to deal with withdrawal symptoms, eliminate stress, and obtain social support, etc.) | |
Strengthening ex-smoker identity | Encourage those who have quit smoking to construct a new identity as never smokers | |
Preventing relapse | Provide users information about how relapses occur and to provide coping skills for preventing relapses | |
Medication reminder | Assessing medication(s) using experiences | Assess usage, side effects and benefits experienced of medication(s) that the smoker is currently using |
Setting a medication use plan | Set the daily time and amount of medication use | |
Medication use reminder | Remind users to take medication on time | |
Additional supports | Quitline | Give information about tobacco quitline (400–888-5531), and develop the “One Click Call” function |
Smoking cessation clinic | Provide online appointment of smoking cessation clinic | |
Online consultation | Provide the link of QUIT WeChat group to obtain real-time online consultation | |
Online self-help materials | Offer the link to QUIT WeChat official account to obtain online self-help materials for smoking cessation | |
Users Information | Quitting information | Such as duration of quitting and the number of attempts to quit |
Motivation to quit | Reason for quitting smoking | |
Achievements | Virtual medals and accumulate points |