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Table 1 Quit4Life + tobacco cessation-related text message flow (does not include SOC- or NRT-related texts)

From: A phone-based tobacco use cessation program for people living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Timepoint

Number of texts per day

Enrollment texts (Day -15)

12

Pre-quit texts (Days -14 to -1)

 14 to 8 days before quit day

2 texts

 7 to 1 day before quit day

3 texts

Quit day texts (Day 0)

 Quit day

6 texts

Early post-quit texts (Days 1 to 14)

 1 day post-quit

3 texts

 2–6 days post-quit

4 texts

 7 day post-quit

5 texts

 8–14 days post-quit

4 texts

Later post-quit texts (Days 15 to 42)

 15 to 28 days post-quit

2 to 3 texts

 29 to 42 days post-quit

2 texts

Tobacco use check-ins

 Days 72, 132, and 222

1 text