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smokinghistory_w5

Smoking History module

Questions 7

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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

smokinghistory_w5.smnow

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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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)

smokinghistory_w5.smcigs

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
2Smoke 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)

smokinghistory_w5.smncigs

Number of cigarettes 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)

smokinghistory_w5.aglquit

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)

smokinghistory_w5.smagbg

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)

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