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Table 5 Reasons for ineligibility (other community not shown, 0% ineligible)

From: Lessons learned from recruiting socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers into a pilot randomized controlled trial to explore the role of Exercise Assisted Reduction then Stop (EARS) smoking

Reasons for ineligibility

Primary care

SSS

Health/physical (%)

15.8

20.5

Already quit (%)

57.9

53.8

Smokes <10 cigarettes per day (%)

10.5

10.4

Close friend or relative of somebody already in the trial (%)

0.0

5.1

Currently using NRT (%)

5.3

5.1

Under 18 years (%)

0.0

5.1

Wants to quit immediately (%)

10.5

0.0

  1. NRT: Nicotine replacement therapy; SSS, Stop Smoking Services.