MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641072889 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on June 12, 2026, for A Mobile-Based Tobacco Cessation Support Platform.
Inventors include R. Narendhira Arjun; Lalitha Rani Chellappa; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: Tobacc-NO is a free-to-use, privacy-preserving mobile application that delivers comprehensive tobacco cessation support to individuals across all tobacco-use profiles - smoking, smokeless tobacco, dual use, and poly-substance use. The platform requires only a mobile number for registration and allows full anonymity. Upon onboarding, users complete a structured intake covering tobacco use patterns, duration, frequency, prior quit attempts, and quit motivation. A modified Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence questionnaire adapted for both smoking and smokeless tobacco forms tailors an initial dependence profile. The application then guides users through the 5 A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) and 5 R's (Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, Repetition) cessation counselling frameworks. Core features inchide timed push notifications (morning, afternoon, and night), streak logging, curated cessation videos, blog posts, and resources. An integrated asynchronous telemedicine module allows users to message a registered physician directly from within the app; physicians respond via a browser-based administrative panel. The admin panel additionally provides full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functions for all app content and user account management - including the ability to flag, ban, or delete accounts for policy violations. The system is designed to be minimal-data, low-barrier, and accessible to any tobacco user with a smartphone.
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