Dataset: Co-development of mobile phone text messages to support smokers’ quitting by switching to an e-cigarette
Creators: name: Sideropoulos, Vassilis
name: Vangeli, Eleni
name: Naughton, F
name: Cox, Sharon
name: Frings, Daniel
name: Notley, Caitlin
name: Brown, J.
name: Kimber, Catherine
name: Dawkins, Lynne
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2021
Subjects: e-cigarettes
vaping
smoking cessation

description: Data were collected from 376 smokers, ex-smoker and vapers. But only 202 were included in our analysis. Participants were shown a series of 20 text messages from one of the seven themes (Smoking Cessation, Social and Practical Support, Identity, Preventing Lapse and Relapse, Vaping versus Smoking, Practical Vaping Tips, Health &amp; Safety) designed for smokers who are attempting to quit smoking using an e-cigarette. For each text message, the participants had to rate each text message against 9 constructs which were divided in three sections: Readability of the text message that was rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 7 (very) to 1 (not at all): Clear Understandable Believable Helpful Response to text message that was rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 7 (extremely) to 1 (not at all): Happy to receive the text message Feelings evoked by text message that were rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 7 to 1 with higher ratings denoting negative feelings apart from the offended item which was reversed: Positive Offended Enthusiastic Interested
description: Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey which was advertised online. All variables are clearly labelled in SPSS. A description of the variables is provided below. Description of variables Technical Related Variables V. 1: Matching ID of the participant for the non-anonymised dataset V. 2: Progress of the participant in the survey in terms of completion levels V. 3 – 8: Ethics Questions Text Messages Variables V. 9 – 35: Smoking Cessation Text Messages V. 36 – 98: Social and Practical Support Text Messages V. 99 – 242: Identity Text Messages V. 243 – 467: Preventing Lapse and Relapse Text Messages V. 468 – 584: Vaping versus Smoking Text Messages V. 585 – 800: Practical Vaping Tips Text Messages V. 801 – 863: Health &amp; Safety Text Messages Feedback Variable V. 864: Please give us feedback, recommendations, and type any comments you may have. Demographic Variables V. 865: Age in years V. 866: Gender of the participant V. 867: Self-define your gender (If option ‘Self-define’ was selected in V. 866) V. 868: Ethnicity V. 869: Ethnicity Other (Describe in text box – if ‘Other’ option was selected in V. 868) V. 870: Country of residence V. 871: Are you a smoker? V. 872: Which statement describes your smoking status? V. 873: Are you a vaper? Survey Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order Variables V. 874: Smoking Cessation Support Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 875: Social and Practical Support Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 876: Identity Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 877: Preventing Lapse and Relapse Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 878: Vaping versus Smoking Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 879: Practical Vaping Tips Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 880: Health and Safety Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order V. 881: SMS for Quitting Smoking Randomisation &amp; Presentation Order [These text messages are not included in the dataset as they were part of the iQuit study] Filter Variables V. 882: Filter to select the cases used in the analysis (at least 1 text message to be fully rated against the 9 constructs) Text Messages (Scored Total) Variables V. 883 - 977: The total across the 9 constructs that participants had to rate (some items are reversed coded – check out the SPSS syntax).
description: Each participant was asked to complete ratings on 20 messages but only 194 did this. We have included participants if they completed all the ratings for at least one message (N=202) but excluded those who stopped before completing at least one set as well as those who didn’t consent to participate in our study.