Intervention component | Description | Image/file |
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Booklet | Additional File 4 | |
Heart damage | Scan image of heart obtained from LDCT screening to show calcification. Shown alongside artist impressions of the heart and arteries to aid comprehension | |
Lung damage | Scan image of lungs obtained from LDCT screening to show areas of damage cause my smoking (emphysema). Shown alongside another section of their lung with no damage (or a stock image if healthy section unavailable). Artist impression of the lung to aid comprehension | |
Health benefits of smoking cessation | Generic information about the health benefits of stopping smoking | |
Scripted advice from the smoking cessation practitioner (SCP) | Booklet is delivered by the SCP, with verbal discussions facilitated using a standardised intervention script. The script is tailored to the extent of calcification and/or emphysema. The SCPs receive intervention-specific communication training by a psychologist, designed to target both personal threat and efficacy perceptions | Script—Additional File 5 Smoking cessation practitioner training—Additional File 6 |