Tobacco use continues to take an enormous toll on society. Advances in digital technologies, such as electronic health records, mobile devices, telehealth, and wearable sensors have created unprecedented opportunities to unobtrusively collect data on tobacco use and dynamic mechanisms of change. These technologies can also be leveraged to enhance treatment accessibility and scalability, and to deliver adaptive interventions that use dynamic information about the individual's progress in treatment (e.g., early response status, adherence to treatment) internal state (e.g., craving, stress), and context (e.g., physical location, tobacco availability) to recommend whether and how to intervene.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight novel data collection procedures, study designs, and intervention approaches that leverage advances in digital technologies to prevent and treat tobacco use.
Contributions to this collection of articles may focus on:
(a) new data collection approaches that leverage digital technology to gain a better understanding of tobacco use and novel mechanisms of change
(b) innovative intervention approaches that leverage digital technology to enhance accessibility and scalability of tobacco use prevention and treatment
(c) new interventions that harness digital technology to adapt and individualize tobacco use treatment and prevention
(d) research employing novel experimental designs and/or data analytics to inform tobacco use prevention and treatment
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Note for contributing authors: Dr. Lindsey Potter is acting as coordinator for this Research Topic and will not be handling manuscript submissions in an editorial capacity.
Tobacco use continues to take an enormous toll on society. Advances in digital technologies, such as electronic health records, mobile devices, telehealth, and wearable sensors have created unprecedented opportunities to unobtrusively collect data on tobacco use and dynamic mechanisms of change. These technologies can also be leveraged to enhance treatment accessibility and scalability, and to deliver adaptive interventions that use dynamic information about the individual's progress in treatment (e.g., early response status, adherence to treatment) internal state (e.g., craving, stress), and context (e.g., physical location, tobacco availability) to recommend whether and how to intervene.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight novel data collection procedures, study designs, and intervention approaches that leverage advances in digital technologies to prevent and treat tobacco use.
Contributions to this collection of articles may focus on:
(a) new data collection approaches that leverage digital technology to gain a better understanding of tobacco use and novel mechanisms of change
(b) innovative intervention approaches that leverage digital technology to enhance accessibility and scalability of tobacco use prevention and treatment
(c) new interventions that harness digital technology to adapt and individualize tobacco use treatment and prevention
(d) research employing novel experimental designs and/or data analytics to inform tobacco use prevention and treatment
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Note for contributing authors: Dr. Lindsey Potter is acting as coordinator for this Research Topic and will not be handling manuscript submissions in an editorial capacity.