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Table 4 Illustrations of diet, exercise and smoking as replacement behaviours

From: Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks

Theme:

Illustrative quotations

Inevitability of eating filling space left by smoking

57(C): It’s your metabolism, so you are eating more, you are compensating for a cigarette and you’re not compensating with an apple or a banana or an orange. [Q, <3%, 24th week]

 

46(I): Maybe you think ‘I’ll have a cup of tea and biscuit’ but I don’t want to do that so now it’s back to a wee cup of tea and cigarette. I need to be doing something, one or other. [NQ, <3%, 24th week]

  1. Q- quitter; NQ-non-quitter; 6th week – 6th week interview; 24th week – 24th week interview.