Acceptability of a smart lighter for tracking cigarette smoking: A focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smart lighters track cigarette smoking episodes, which can help identify smoking patterns and intervention approaches to promote cessation. We gauged the acceptability of smart lighters among individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES), a target population for a newly developed smoking cessation mobile intervention, to evaluate their potential use during the intervention pre-quit period.

Methods

Twelve virtual focus group discussions were conducted with 38 current cigarette smokers, 18-29 years old, who were not 4-year college-educated nor enrolled in a 4-year college as an SES indicator. Focus groups were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a deductive thematic approach. Themes captured sentiment (i.e., negative, neutral, positive) and constructs

SUBMITTER: Tesfaye L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11946283 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature