Table 1. Informant characteristics.

Characteristic	Informants n = 8
Age (years)
Mean	45
Range	31–64
Work experience (years)
Mean	16
Range	2.5–42
Experience of tobacco use, n (%)
Never user	4 (50)
Former user	3 (37.5)
Current user	1 (12.5)
Specialist training, n (%)
None	3 (37.5)
Asthma/COPD	3 (37.5)
Diabetes	2 (25)
Education in tobacco cessation treatmenta, n (%)
Part of nurse education	3 (37.5)
Motivational Interviewing	4 (50)
Basic education (2 days)	2 (25)
Specialist education (>2 days)	1 (12.5)
Other	4 (50)
Previous experience of working with tobacco cessation, n (%)
Yes	3 (37.5)
No	5 (62.5)

^amore than one education could be reported by each informant