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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82264, first published .
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Codevelopment, Implementation, and Evaluation of an AI-powered Conversational Interface for Tobacco Cessation: Protocol for a Single-Group Pre-Post Study

Codevelopment, Implementation, and Evaluation of an AI-powered Conversational Interface for Tobacco Cessation: Protocol for a Single-Group Pre-Post Study

Monika Arora   1 * , PhD ;   Rajmohan Panda   1 * , MD, MPH ;   Shalini Bassi   1 * , MSc ;   Kshitij Jadhav   2 , PhD ;   Prabhat Chand   3 , MD, DNB, MNAMS ;   Monirujjaman Biswas   1 , PhD ;   Mohai Menul Biswas   1 , PhD ;   Tina Rawal   1 , PhD ;   Navpreet Kaur   1 , MPH ;   Sharmila Pimple   4 , MD ;   Srabana Misra Bhagabaty   5 , MD

1 Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

2 Koita Centre for Digital Health, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

3 Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine & NIMHANS Digital Academy, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India

4 Department of Preventive Oncology, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India

5 Department of Preventive Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, India

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Monika Arora, PhD
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