Table 3.
Intervention acceptability metrics.
| Metric | Strongly disagree, n (%) | Somewhat disagree, n (%) | Somewhat agree, n (%) | Strongly agree, n (%) | |||||
| The text messages: | |||||||||
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helped when I was experiencing a craving | 4 (11) | 6 (17) | 17 (49) | 8 (23) | ||||
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helped when I was having trouble staying quit | 3 (9) | 9 (27) | 14 (41) | 8 (23) | ||||
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helped keep me motivated to quit | 3 (9) | 6 (17) | 11 (31) | 15 (43) | ||||
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provided me information that I could use | 6 (17) | 3 (9) | 4 (11) | 22 (63) | ||||
| I liked: | |||||||||
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being able to text a keyword for extra support | 5 (14) | 4 (11) | 7 (20) | 19 (53) | ||||
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the memes and emojis that were sent | 4 (11) | 4 (11) | 10 (29) | 17 (49) | ||||
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that the text messages were personalized | 4 (12) | 2 (6) | 11 (32) | 17 (50) | ||||
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the tone of the text messages | 6 (18) | 4 (12) | 12 (35) | 12 (35) | ||||
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when the messages asked me to respond | 6 (18) | 5 (14) | 14 (41) | 9 (27) | ||||
| I received text messages late because my phone wasn’t charged, or I had bad reception | 14 (41) | 5 (14) | 9 (27) | 5 (14) | |||||
| Hyperlinks to websites provided information I could use | 5 (14) | 3 (9) | 10 (29) | 16 (47) | |||||
| I would recommend the CRUSH IT! program to a friend who is trying to quit smoking | 4 (12) | 1 (3) | 7 (19) | 23 (64) | |||||