Eases and Difficulties of Talking to a Virtual Coach for Quitting Smoking and Becoming More Physically Active: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

As the awareness of the risks of smoking tobacco increased, usage declined as people started to attempt to quit smoking more. Currently, a wide variety of mobile health (mHealth) applications focused on smoking cessation exist, however users commonly quit these applications over time. In the case of Sam, a conversational agent that plays the...