TY - JOUR T1 - The experience of giving up smoking was described as encompassing 7 major categories JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 94 LP - 94 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.3.94 VL - 1 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/3/94.abstract N2 - 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? A taxonomy inductively derived from narrative accounts.A large midwestern city in the US.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.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 … ER -