Electronic Smoking Cessation Monitor and Communicator

描述(申请人提供)：尼古丁成瘾涉及偶联 有多种情景和环境线索的吸烟行为。 有计划地减少吸烟有望消除这两种联系， 取得了不同寻常的高效率分数。提供个性化治疗 时间表需要一个可编程的电子设备。这家公司开发了一种 提供量身定制的减少时间表的设备，记录吸烟事件 实时，并提供持续的使用反馈。该设备使用方便， 方便、便宜、不显眼，并能够连续记录数据，24 每天工作几个小时。第一阶段的研究测试了该设备在 帮助戒烟对照非治疗对照组。治疗 参与者的7天禁欲显著高于对照组 研究对象。在第二阶段，我们建议加强该设备的能力 具有电子通信能力。设备将自动上载 将使用数据发送到远程计算机进行分析。交互式个性化反馈 报告将以电子形式提供。 建议的商业应用：不可用

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nicotine addiction involves the coupling of smoking behaviors with multiple situational and environmental cues. Scheduled reduced smoking holds promise for decoupling the associations, achieving uncommonly high efficacy scores. Delivery of a personalized treatment schedule requires a programmable electronic device. This company developed a device that delivers a tailored reduction schedule, records smoking events in real time, and provides constant usage feedback. The device is easy to use, convenient, inexpensive, unobtrusive, and able to record data continuously, 24 hours per day. Phase I research tested the effectiveness of the device in aiding smoking cessation against a no-treatment control group. Treatment participants achieved significantly higher 7-day abstinence than did control subjects. In Phase II, we propose to enhance the capabilities of the device with electronic communications capability. Devices will automatically upload usage data to a remote computer for analysis. Interactive personalized feedback reports will be provided electronically. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE