Subtheme 1.2: Knowledge and understanding of tobacco withdrawal
craving and mental illness, anxiety
Some participants found that the integrated treatment affected their knowledge and capability to understand nicotine withdrawal symptoms, craving and anxiety. Participants described that they found it difficult to differentiate between withdrawal symptoms and mental health symptoms.
Some participants described craving and mental illness as two separate things: craving as a ‘niggling feeling’ and a want or need to go and smoke, whereas anxiety was described as overthinking, feeling panicky and nervous.
