Table III.
Barriers for smoking cessation
| Theme | Exemplar quotations | Age and relation to child | Frequencya |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social network | If a person smokes they get a lot of attention and love. And if a person don’t smoke it be like this person don’t like to have fun. | 26; Step-father | 11 |
| I want to quit, [but] it’s just so hard to sit down with my uncle and family and say, ‘I need your support’. | 25; Birth mother A | ||
| The majority of my workers smoke…out of 11 of us, it’s only about 3 that don’t. | 41 Birth mother | ||
| Cessation treatment options | I didn’t like the way the pills made me feel….the pills made me jittery. | 41; Birth mother | 11 |
| If I had the money I would try to see if I could get that patch. | 25; Step-father | ||
| I wonder what the side effects of this stuff. I wonder does it really work. | 19; Birth mother | ||
| My mom tried a gum before when she was trying to stop. She said that it was nasty. | 34; Step-mother | ||
| Money | I’ve been under a lot of stress trying to keep up with my bills…it’s been very stressful. | 49; Grand-mother | 7 |
| Medical assistance don’t cover [cessation tools]? | 25; Birth mother | ||
| The patches are high…with cigarettes, you don’t pay for them all at one time. | 41; Birth mother A |
a
Indicates number of participants who endorsed this theme (n = 52).