Chatbot-Led Support Combined With Counselor-Led Support on Smoking Cessation in China: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Xue Weng   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Hua Yin   ² , MSc ;   Kefeng Liu   ³ , MCM ;   Chuyu Song   ⁴ , MSW ;   Jiali Xie   ⁴ , MSW ;   Ningyuan Guo   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Man Ping Wang   ⁶ , PhD

¹ Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China

² Office of Clinical Research Administration, Zhuhai People’s Hospital (Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated With Jinan University), Zhuhai, China

³ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Zhuhai, China

⁴ School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

⁵ School of Nursing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

⁶ LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

*these authors contributed equally