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Table 2 Tobacco use characteristics and beliefs of participants

From: Text-messaging to promote smoking cessation among individuals with opioid use disorder: quantitative and qualitative evaluation

 

Participants (n = 20)

Fagerstrom score (tobacco dependency rating) high or very high a

9 (45%)

Daily cigarette use

17 (85%)

Believed that it is “important” or “very important” to quit smoking b

12 (60%)

“Motivated” or “very motivated” to quit smoking b

7 (35%)

Attempted to quit in past year

9 (45%)

Prior use of nicotine patch to quit smoking

19 (90%)

Prior use of medication cessation

10 (50%)

Varenicline

4 (20%)

Bupropion

6 (30%)

Prior use of text message programs to quit

2 (10%)

  1. a Scores for the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence [18] range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating a more intense physical dependence on nicotine; high or very high dependence corresponds to a score of 8-10
  2. b Importance and motivation to quit were assessed on a five-point scale (very important/motivated, important/motivated, neutral, slightly important/motivated, not at all important/motivated)