Table 2.

Behavior change technique (BCT) category representation.

BCT category	Websites (n=12)
	BC	AB	QC	NB	NS	NL	NU	YT	NWT	CCSa	QSb	BIOc	Total, n
1. Goals and planning	✓d	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	12
2. Feedback and monitoring			✓		✓	✓	✓		✓			✓	6
3. Social support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	12
4. Shaping knowledge	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	11
5. Natural consequences	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	12
6. Comparison of behavior	✓	✓					✓	✓	✓				5
7. Associations	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓				✓	✓	✓	8
8. Repetition and substitution	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	11
9. Comparison of outcomes	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	11
10. Reward and threat	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	11
11. Regulation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	12
12. Antecedents	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	10
13. Identity	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓		7
14. Scheduled consequences													0
15. Self-belief		✓			✓	✓		✓		✓	✓		6
16. Covert learning													0

^aCCS: Canadian Cancer Society.

^bQS: Quit Smoking.

^cBIO: Break It Off.

^dThe checkmark indicates that this BCT was used.