Appendix.

COREQ Reporting Guidelines.

DOMAIN 1: RESEARCH TEAM AND REFLEXIVITY
Personal Characteristics
Interviewer/facilitator:  Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group?	Shelby Launter1 Whitney Garney, PhD, MPH2 Idethia Shevon Harvey, DrPH3
Occupation:  What was their occupation at the time of the study?	Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M University1, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M Univeristy2, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University3
Gender:  Was the researcher male or female?	All female
Experience and training:  What experience or training did the researcher have?	Research team training in qualitative data analysis and data collection1, Doctoral level training and previous qualitative experience2,3
Relationship with participants
Relationship established:  Was a relationship established prior to study commencement?	No
Participant knowledge of the interviewer:  What did the participants know about the researcher?	The participants knew what institution the researchers were from and their job title.
Interviewer characteristics:  What characteristics were reported about the interviewer/facilitator?	Institution affiliation, job title, and purpose of study
DOMAIN 2: STUDY DESIGN
Theoretical framework
Methodological orientation and theory:  What methodological orientation was stated to underpin the study?	Qualitative approach in a constructivist paradigm
Participant selection
Sampling:  How were participants selected?	Convenience sample recruited by a community champion
Method of approach:  How were participants approached?	Community champion recruited participants from a local Community Health Resource Center and by phone
Sample size:  How many participants were in the study?	21
Nonparticipation:  How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons?	0
Setting
Setting of data collection:  Where was the data collected?	The data collection occurred in a rural East, Central Texas county and meetings were conducted at a local senior center.
Presence of nonparticipants:  Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers?	Senior center staff
Description of sample:  What are the important characteristics of the sample?	71% (n = 15) were smokers, or had smoked in the past and 90% (n = 19) identified as African American
DOMAIN 2: STUDY DESIGN
Data collection
Interview guide:  Were questions, prompts, guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested?	An interview guide with open-ended questions was developed based on King (1994). The interview guide was pilot tested internally with the community champion to ensure cultural relevance. Prompts for questions were included as described in the paper.
Repeat interviews:  Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many?	No
Audio/visual recording:  Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data?	Audio recording was used for one focus group, but not the second because one participant did not want to be recorded.
Field notes:  Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group?	Field notes were taken electronically and via flipchart during the focus groups. These were the primary source of data for the focus group that was not audio recorded.
Duration: What was the duration of the interviews or focus group?	30–45 min per focus group
Data saturation: Was data saturation discussed?	Data saturation was not discussed with focus group participants, but was identified during analysis
Transcripts returned: Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction?	No, transcripts were de-identified and used for the purpose of the analysis
DOMAIN 3: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
Data analysis
Number of data coders:  How many data coders coded the data?	4 trained members of the research team
Description of the coding tree:  Did authors provide a description of the coding tree?	Yes—A coding tree was used which divided the data into three categories that aligned with the research question. The three categories were smoking perceptions/norms, facilitators to quitting, and services needed for quitting.
Derivation of themes:  Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data?	Themes were derived from the data by identifying patterns coherent with the research question and dividing those patterns into categories (Renner & Taylor-Powell, 2003).
Software:  What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data?	As units of data were extracted from the transcripts/field notes, they were entered into excel, sorted into categories, then organized into themes.
Participant checking:  Did participants provide feedback on the findings?	No
Reporting
Quotations presented:  Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes/findings? Was each quotation identified?	Yes, quotes are included in the manuscript based on key findings.
Data and findings consistent:  Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings?	Yes, data saturation was met during data analysis.
Clarity of major themes:  Were major themes clearly presented in the findings?	Yes, themes were organized based on major categories derived from the data that were salient with the research question.
Clarity of minor themes:  Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes?	Yes—minor themes were incorporated into the discussion about major themes.