Published on in Vol 24, No 9 (2022): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/35556, first published .
Chatbots for Smoking Cessation: Scoping Review

Chatbots for Smoking Cessation: Scoping Review

Chatbots for Smoking Cessation: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Robyn Whittaker1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Rosie Dobson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Katie Garner1 Author Orcid Image

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