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Table 1 Manual for counseling

From: Maintenance of smoking cessation in Korean single mothers

Session

Schedule

Topics

1

Enrollment (Day 1)

Quitting smoking education (the harmful effects of smoking in women and pregnant women, indirect smoking in fetuses and infants)

Introduction and guidance of programs

Providing information on consent & Writing registration card

Assessment of smoking history and smoking behavior

Providing Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND)

Determine to quit smoking and establish the start day

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide

Check the stress situation

2

Abstinence at 2-week (Day 14)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide

Confirm whether participants began quitting smoking

Self-esteem test and psychological test

Finding My Strength

Check my values

Check the stress situation & Understand the situation

3

Abstinence at 4-week (Day 28)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide & Check maintenance of abstinence

Check for withdrawal symptoms

Learn how to deal with withdrawal symptoms

Check the stress situation & Take action

4

Abstinence at 6-week (Day 42)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide & Check maintenance of abstinence

My first experience of smoking and history of smoking

Check the amount of smoking by converting it into money

Examine the benefits of quitting

5

Abstinence at 8-week (Day 56)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide

Think of a situation where it's hard for me to refuse cigarettes

Practicing Refusing Tobacco Through a Situation Play

Planning to replace smoking habits

Coping with Stress

6

Abstinence at 12-week (Day 84)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide & Check maintenance of abstinence

Knowing the dangers of e-cigarettes and drug addiction

Coping with Stress

7

Abstinence at 16-week (Day 112)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide

Check for withdrawal symptoms

Check my change of body after quitting smoking

Making My Own quitting smoking Prescriptions

Assessment of stress Coping

8

Abstinence at 20-week (Day 140)

Measuring exhaled carbon monoxide

Learn the rules for preventing re-smoking

Drawing my future plans tree (My Past, Present, and Future)

Writing down my experience of achievement

9

Abstinence at 24-week (Day 168)

Validation of abstinence at 6-month (measuring exhaled carbon monoxide/urine cotinine test)

Guidance on further consultation

Commemorating the success of 6-month smoking cessation

Providing a souvenir for a successful quitting