Using ICT to Deliver i-BMI to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Smokers With Chronic Diseases

To conduct a pilot study to determine the feasibility, potential efficacy and effect size of a personalized general health promotion approach using Information Communication Technology (WhatsApp or WeChat) to deliver a brief Motivational interviewing (MI) in promoting smoking cessation among smokers having follow-up in a Special Out-Patient Clinic (SOPC). In addition, this pilot study aims to assess the potential facilitators and barriers of future implementation of using such approach for smokers with chronic diseases. Based on the findings of the pilot study, a large RCT will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and costs of a personalized general health promotion approach in promoting smoking cessation for smokers with chronic diseases in Hong Kong in the future.