Table 3.

Participant reasoning for successful quit attempts between wave 1 and wave 2 and enablers and barriers mentioned.

	Reasoning for quitting	Enabling context	Barriers in the context
Women	Had a baby and needed to go my own way. I want to give up and focus on work. …because looking after lots of kids.	Thinking about giving up, would like to get help from sisters and brother because they understand. Job would keep me from staying in the house smoking	[When cannabis unavailable] makes you feel like you want to go look for more [cannabis]. Stressing out.
Men	Spending money on wrong things - no food in the house. It's all about cash, that thing getting expensive Daughter told me to stop smoking, she was 3 at the time. Used to smoke all day long. I've given up for my son. Realised important things in life were work and family	I never buy it; Long as I got the job I've got no stress - always up early. Mum wants me to give up. [I want to] slowly give up–work keeps you occupied. Get people busy—mentor younger boys and men.	Fighting and stressing out when [there is] no gunja, look for credit if none get wild with the dealer Relaxes me… want to get stress down before I bring it out on my family Pulled out from school for fighting at age 14 and became a steady smoker since. Other boys temptation Calms you and you're not annoyed.