Understanding smokers beliefs and feelings about smoking and quitting during a quit attempt: a preliminary evaluation of the SNAP model

Hum, W.L. and Bulgiba, A. and Shahab, L. and Vangeli, E. and West, R. (2013) Understanding smokers beliefs and feelings about smoking and quitting during a quit attempt: a preliminary evaluation of the SNAP model. Journal of Smoking Cessation. pp. 1-7. ISSN 1834-2612, DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/jsc.2013.3.

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Abstract

This study sought to obtain a preliminary assessment of whether a new model of behaviour change (SNAP) could provide a useful conceptual framework for classifying smokers reports of their beliefs and feelings about the process of stopping smoking. Eight smokers clinic attendees in Malaysia underwent semi-structured interviews before and four weeks after the start of their quit attempt. A variant of Template Analysis found support for the view that smokers inferred identities could be reliably classified in the terms Smoker, Non-smoker, Attempter or Planner (SNAP) using self-statements about their motivation and behaviour as well as identity. There was evidence for wide variation in the coherence of smokers beliefs and feelings defined in terms of the proportion that fitted their modal SNAP category. As would be expected there was a shift in SNAP categories pre- to post-quit in those who were not smoking but only so far as attempter. An important next step is to assess how far lack of coherence in a given identity predicts transitions to other categories.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Smoking Cessation; SNAP Model; Behavioural Model; Clinic Attendees; Malaysia
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User: Ms Haslinda Lahuddin
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2013 04:23
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2013 04:23
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8287

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