Alicia Zellmer, M.D., and Joy Liu, M.D., are resident physicians in Internal Medicine and members of the ABC News Medical Unit.
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Rdiger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion at WHO, said of the creation of a chatbot to help smokers quit: "To help tobacco users commit to and succeed in quitting smoking, we are using digital tools that will launch the WHO Quit Smoking campaign chatbot and dialogue, using artificial intelligence, with, a virtual health advisor, and offer advocacy materials in 30 languages." This AI-powered digital health agent aims to dispel the - often false - beliefs around COVID-19 and tobacco and help consumers develop free personalized plans to quit smoking
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Varenicline helps with smoking cessation by partially binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain, thereby reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms you might experience when trying to quit with willpower alone