Table 2.
Total tweets and spontaneous tweets by topic and abstinencea.
| Overall tweet topics | Verbatim examples | Main benefit | Total tweets (N=2867), % (n) | Spontaneous tweets (N=2214, 77%), % (n) | Relationship between total tweets and abstinence | |
| OR (SE) | P value | |||||
| Sharing of smoking histories or other personal information | I'm a mom of 4, just got married a month ago | Self-identity | 24.00 (688) | 20.01 (443) | 1.08 (0.07) | .237 |
| Expressions of emotional support for quitting | Day 2 for you? Hang in there...it gets easier!! | Emotional | 22.01 (631) | 28.00 (620) | 1.04 (0.03) | .156 |
| Assertions of abstinence | @jenjencan I have been 32 hours without it after the last 18years!!!! | Self-identity | 12.00 (344) | 14.00 (310) | 1.17 (0.09) | .031 |
| Identification of roadblocks to quitting | Anyone else smoke when they drive alone? I have a 30-55 min commute each way to work, usually smoke 2x b4 arrival. Ideas to fight the urge? | Functional | 10.01 (287) | 10.00 (221) | 1.02 (0.08) | .754 |
| Identification of rewards for quitting | My goal after quitting in playing in local tennis tournament and hope i make it past first round. | Emotional | 8.00 (229) | 5.01 (111) | 1.26 (0.16) | .065 |
| Sharing of questionable information about quitting | each time i want to grab for a smoke i eat a single piece of candy | Emotional | 6.00 (172) | 6.01 (133) | 1.12 (0.11) | .278 |
| Setting of a quit date or use of nicotine patches | Set my date for 1/21 | Functional | 4.01 (115) | 5.01 (111) | 1.52 (0.28) | .024 |
| Countering of roadblocks to quitting | I'm doing yoga and chewing straws to cope, what is everyone else doing? | Functional | 3.00 (86) | 2.98 (66) | 1.76 (0.37) | .008 |
| Expressions of confidence about quitting | I quit once before so I'm counting on doing it again | Self-identity | 3.00 (86) | 2.98 (66) | 1.71 (0.42) | .032 |
aMiscellaneous topics comprised 8.00% (229/2867) of total tweets and 6.01% (133/2214) of spontaneous tweets and included positive evaluations of the intervention (3.00% (86/2867), eg, It's good to know there is a group of people going thru it w/me); reporting of stressful life events (eg, Have a cold. Chest hurts a lot); mentions of another’s support of the quit (eg, Oh and my hubby is still smoke free too! We're both on day 10); negative evaluations of the intervention (eg, I dunno how this Twitter stuff works); reporting of non-abstinence (eg, I'm still not all the way a non smoker. I've had a few this week); and other, each at about 1.01% (29/2867).