From: Perceived pros and cons of smoking and quitting in hard-core smokers: a focus group study
Main category | Example quotation | Participant |
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1. Finance | That is what made me quit smoking. It costs too much money. And at that time I did not have a lot of money, but I smoked it all away, until I thought: “What am I doing?” | Female former hard-core smoker with high SES |
2. Health | In those days [when I smoked], when I had a cold, I sometimes had a cough for over four, five weeks. And I always had to have a handkerchief with me. Nowadays, I have a handkerchief with me for over four days, without even using it. And when I have a cough, it is gone in two days. | Male former hard-core smoker with low SES |
3. Intrapersonal Processes | A con [of quitting] was that in the beginning I felt something was missing, I did not know what to do. […] But I got rid of those cravings within a couple of months. I did not worry too long. | Male former hard-core smoker with low SES |
4. Social Environment | Only smoking neighbours visit me […] partly because we are neighbours. But non-smoking neighbours do not visit us and we do not visit them. We even do not visit some relatives who do not want you to smoke in their house. | Male current hard-core smoker with low SES |
5. Physical Environment | Yes, I loved it when I had quit. Everything was much fresher. […] For me, the biggest advantage was that that my house was clean and fresh. | Female former hard-core smoker with low SES |
6. Food and Weight | I quit smoking twice. […] The first time I gained 13 kilos and the second time, about five years ago, I gained 24 kilos. I was so deeply unhappy. […] It was madness. I will never do it again, I will never quit smoking again. | Female current hard-core smoker with low SES |