App context adherence to smoking cessation clinical guidelines
| Guideline recommended context/5 As | Yes (√) no (X)* |
| Ask | |
| Current smoking | ✓ |
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | ✓ |
| Time until first cigarette of the day | ✓ |
| Smoke when sick | ✓ |
| Reasons to smoke/quit smoking | ✓ |
| Smoking and other smoking-related triggers | ✓ |
| Time of day smoking triggers | ✓ |
| Advise | |
| Personalised advice (using user-provided information) | ✓ |
| Advising on changing routines | ✓ |
| Advising on coping with cravings | ✓ |
| Advising on medication use | X |
| Assess | |
| Assess the user’s motivation, confidence and readiness to quit. | ✓ |
| Assess the user’s nicotine dependence and cravings. | ✓ |
| Assist | |
| Set and pick a quit date | ✓ |
| Users will make a quit smoking ceremony and sign stop smoking contracts | |
| Users will receive support for/feedback on their quit attempt | ✓ |
| Support for increasing self-awareness of smoking and quitting by monitoring daily smoking behaviours | ✓ |
| Information about health risks of smoking | ✓ |
| Check progress and provide reward options | ✓ |
| Reminders about money saved since quitting | ✓ |
| Reminders about number of cigarettes not smoked since quitting | ✓ |
| Distraction from smoking urges, such as relaxation practice | ✓ |
| Reminders about social benefits and health benefits accrued | ✓ |
| Users could interact with healthcare providers for support | ✓ |
| Referral to family and friends support | ✓ |
| Reminders of their own motivations during difficult times | ✓ |
| Enhance motivation: risks, roadblocks, rewards | ✓ |
| Informational material will be displayed | ✓ |
| Links to resources were given | X |
| Discussion about pharmaceutical products | X |
| Referral to quitline or other professional support | X |
| Support for craving and withdrawal symptoms | ✓ |
| Arrange follow-ups | |
| Checked-in prior to and after quit attempt | ✓ |
| Support for high-risk situations | ✓ |
| Support for craving and weight concern | ✓ |
| Support for lapse and relapse prevention | ✓ |
| If relapsed, encourage user to set a new quit date | ✓ |
| If relapsed, offer encouragement that quitting takes practice | √ |
| Support identity change | √ |
| Reward and support long-term abstinence | √ |
5 A's: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange
*(X) This information will not be provided until the end of clinical trial.