Table 1 The coding framework
Concepts derived for coding | Definitions |
|---|---|
Beliefs about smoking | Person considers there to be or not to be a problem |
Perceived pros and cons of smoking | Person beginning to consider benefits of change; Perceived susceptibility to disease (I don’t think anything will happen to me vs my family has a history) |
Perceived seriousness of disease (not bothered vs very concerned) | |
Perceived norms regarding smoking | A person accepting or participating, or rejecting or not participating, in the programme because it is expected of them |
Priority of quitting | It is/is not important to me; I see it as urgent, to be done soon vs no rush |
Perceived ability to quit | A person’s confidence in their ability to take action and persist in action: I feel able or unable to quit; or I feel the programme provides me with the motivation to quit; self-efficacy |
Dependence | A person considers themselves to be addicted and nothing will work; or no programme works; they have tried quitting before but without success |
Social support | It was very helpful to have the support of my: Friends; Family |
Organisation support | The work environment is/is not conducive to quitting smoking |
Opportunity | A person participates because the programme is available |
Substitutes | Substitution of alternatives to the problem behaviour |
Incentives to quit | Receiving a reward for making the change. The provision of items such as money, prizes and products, or some form of self-reward, which are intended to motivate smokers to reduce consumption or quit |