Table 2.

Summary of the real-world studies about message-based tobacco cessation programs.

Authors (year)	Country	Population	Sample size	Design/follow-up	Tobacco cessation program	Primary outcome	Results
Christofferson et al (2016) [18]	United States	Veterans	1470	Real-world study/message-interviewed	SmokefreeVET (message-based)	30-day self-reported abstinence at 5 weeks	193/1470 (13%)
Gopinathan et al (2018) [21]	India	General population	10,340	Real-world study/telephone-interviewed	QutiNow (message-based)	30-day self-reported abstinence at 4-6 months	1971/10,340 (19.1%)
Christofferson et al (2021) [20]	United States	Veterans	6153	Real-world study/message-interviewed	SmokefreeVET (message-based)	30-day self-reported abstinence at 6 months	227/6153 (3.7%)
Su et al (2023) [this study]	China	General population	950	Real-world study/telephone-interviewed	mCessation (message-based)	7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months	209/953 (21.9%); age groups: <30 years: 55/259 (21.2%); ≥30 and <40 years: 79/391 (20.2%); ≥40 years: 75/303 (24.7%); gender groups: male: 203/926 (21.9%); female: 6/27 (22.2%)