| 2nd order | 3rd order | Quotations |
| Meetings with the advisor | (n = 8) | “The meetings with the advisor were the most helpful part of the program. I felt that I was not alone in the process, there was someone to accompany me in this effort, a place where I could share everything” |
| The content of the program | Exercise (n = 2) | “The exercise, that entered in my life” |
| Discussion (n = 6) | “The discussion with the advisor was the most useful thing. Through the conversation, I realized things about myself” | |
| Resistance-management techniques (n = 2) | “The techniques proposed in the program were the most useful of all. They helped me to resist the temptation of tobacco” | |
| Goal setting process (n = 2) | “The daily program, the goals setting and the effort to find ways to achieve them were very helpful” | |
| Time management (n = 2) | “Organizing my time in the day, the daily program that I organized and followed helped me very much in reducing the number of cigarettes that I smoked” | |
| Function | Support from the advisor (n = 4) | “The most helpful part of the program was the continuous contact and support from the advisor” |
| Support from the environment (n = 2) | “It helped me a lot the support from my environment mainly, from my husband but also from other people that had quit smoking and were standing close to me” | |
| Changing the way of thinking (n = 2) | “The different way of thinking that I adopted through the program” | |
| Commitment (n = 1) | “The commitment to the program and to the advisor helped me a lot” | |
| Example for the others | (n = 2) | “I wanted to be a good example for my son and the model to make him also try and give up smoking” |