Fig. 1. CONSORT flow diagram of the RCT. From: A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counselling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong Health Educ Res. 2015;30(4):609-621. doi:10.1093/her/cyv023 Health Educ Res | © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Fig. 2. Perceived importance to quit at baseline, 2-, 6- and 12-month follow-up (Scale 0–10, 0 lowest, 10 highest). Remark: TEL group: Brief telephone counseling; SMS group: Text messages sent through mobile phone; CONTROL group: No counseling and text messages. From: A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counselling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong Health Educ Res. 2015;30(4):609-621. doi:10.1093/her/cyv023 Health Educ Res | © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Fig. 3. Perceived difficulty to quit at baseline, 2-, 6- and 12-month follow-up (Scale 0–10, 0 lowest, 10 highest). Remark: TEL group: Brief telephone counseling; SMS group: Text messages sent through mobile phone; CONTROL group: No counseling and text messages. From: A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counselling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong Health Educ Res. 2015;30(4):609-621. doi:10.1093/her/cyv023 Health Educ Res | © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Fig. 4. Perceived confidence to quit at baseline, 2-, 6- and 12-month follow-up (scale 0–10, 0 lowest, 10 highest). Remark: TEL group: Brief telephone counseling; SMS group: Text messages sent through mobile phone; CONTROL group: No counseling and text messages. From: A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counselling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong Health Educ Res. 2015;30(4):609-621. doi:10.1093/her/cyv023 Health Educ Res | © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com