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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

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Smoking History module

Questions 10

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Usual no. of cigarettes smoked per day

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF VARIES, PROBE FOR DAILY AVERAGE OVER LAST WEEK. IF LESS THAN 1 PER DAY, ENTER 0 ENTER NUMBER PER DAY

Text: Approximately how many cigarettes a day do you usually smoke, including those you roll yourself?

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 1 (smokes cigarettes nowadays)

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Ever smoked cigarettes

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Have you ever smoked a cigarette, a cigar or a pipe?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

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Smoke cigarettes now

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Do you smoke cigarettes at all nowadays?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)

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Would like to give up smoking

Type: choice

Source: HSE 2014

Text: Would you like to give up smoking altogether?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 1 (smokes cigarettes nowadays)

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Main reason wanting to give up

Type: multichoice

Source: HSE 2014

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: What are your main reasons for wanting to give up?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Because of a health problem I have at presentl_gvupreas1 (l_indresp_ip) Because of a health problem I have at present
2Better for my health in generall_gvupreas2 (l_indresp_ip) Better for my health in general
3To reduce the risk of getting smoking related illnessesl_gvupreas3 (l_indresp_ip) To reduce the risk of getting smoking related illnesses
4Because of the smoking ban in public places and at workl_gvupreas4 (l_indresp_ip) Because of the smoking ban in public places and at work
5Family and friends want me to stopl_gvupreas5 (l_indresp_ip) Family and friends want me to stop
6Financial reasons (can't afford it)l_gvupreas6 (l_indresp_ip) Financial reasons (can't afford it)
7Worried about the effect on my childrenl_gvupreas7 (l_indresp_ip) Worried about the effect on my children
8Worried about the effect on other family membersl_gvupreas8 (l_indresp_ip) Worried about the effect on other family members
9Something elsel_gvupreas9 (l_indresp_ip) Something else

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 1 (smokes cigarettes nowadays)
and if GIVEUP = 1 (If R wants to give up)

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Ever smoked cigarettes regularly

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly, that is at least one cigarette a day, or did you smoke them only occasionally?

OptionLabel
1Smoked regularly, at least one per day
2Smoked them only occasionally
3SPONTANEOUS: Never really smoked cigarettes, just tried them once or twice

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 2 (does not smoke cigarettes nowadays)

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Number of cigaretttes smoked in past

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER NUMBER PER DAY

Text: About how many cigarettes did you smoke in a day when you last smoked them regularly?

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 2 (does not smoke cigarettes nowadays)
and if SMCigs = 1 (has smoked cigarettes regularly)

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Age when last stopped smoking

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER AGE

Text: How old were you when you last stopped smoking?

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 2 (does not smoke cigarettes nowadays)
and if SMCigs = 1 (has smoked cigarettes regularly)

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Uses electronic cigarettes

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Do you ever use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, also known as vaping)?

OptionLabel
1I have never used e-cigarettes
2I have only tried using e-cigarettes once or twice
3I used e-cigarettes regularly in the past, but I never use them now
4I sometimes use e-cigarettes but less than once a month
5I use e-cigarettes at least once a month, but less than once a week
6I use e-cigarettes at least once a week

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Age when first started smoking

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF NEVER SMOKED CIGARETTES REGULARLY, ENTER 0 TYPE IN AGE

Text: How old were you when you first started to smoke cigarettes regularly?

Universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if Smnow = 1 | Smcigs = 1 (Smokes cigarettes nowadays or has smoked cigarettes regularly)

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