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The experience of giving up smoking was described as encompassing 7 major categories

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.3.94

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    Cobb AK, Bott MJ, O'Connell KA.A qualitative/interpretive taxonomy of stop smoking strategies (QU/ITS).West J Nurs Res1997 Dec;19:702–25.OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science

    Question What words and concepts are used by people to describe their coping strategies within the first 10 days after giving up smoking?

    Design

    A taxonomy inductively derived from narrative accounts.

    Setting

    A large midwestern city in the US.

    Participants

    36 participants (mean age 41 y, 58% women) who were recruited from smoking cessation programmes. The mean number of attempts to stop smoking was 4.7. Participants smoked a mean number of 24 cigarettes each day and had begun smoking at a mean age of 17 years.

    Methods

    Participants were randomly assigned to 5 time blocks of 3 consecutive days within the first 10 days after they had stopped smoking. Participants recorded thoughts, feelings, and actions for each coping episode as they occurred using a hand held tape recorder. A coping episode consisted of any thought …

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    • Source of funding: National Institute of Nursing Research.

    • For article reprint: Dr A K Cobb, School of Nursing, University of Kansas at Kansas City, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160–7501, USA. Fax +1 913 588 1660.