Table 1.

Brief French version of the TCQ (FTCQ-12)

Questionnaire de manque tabagique à 12 items. The 12-item French Tobacco Craving Questionnaire (FTCQ-12)
Items	Factor 1—Emotionnalité (Emotionality)
3	Si je fumais maintenant, je pourrais réfléchir plus clairement.If I were smoking now I could think more clearlya.If I were smoking now I could think more clearlyb.
6	Je me sentirais moins fatigué(e) si je fumais là, tout de suite.I would feel myself less tired if I smoked right nowa.Smoking right now would make me feel less tiredb.
10	Si je fumais, je me sentirais moins déprimé(e).If I smoked I would be less depresseda.Smoking would make me less depressedb.
12	Je pourrais mieux maîtriser les choses si je pouvais fumer maintenant.I could control things better if I could smoke nowa.I could control things better right now if I could smokeb.
	Factor 2—Attente (Expectancy)
1	Une cigarette maintenant n’aurait pas un bon goût.←A cigarette would not have a good taste nowa.A cigarette would not taste good right nowb.
4	Fumer une cigarette ne serait pas agréable.←Smoking a cigarette would not be pleasanta.Smoking a cigarette would not be pleasantb.
7	Je fumerais dès que j’en aurais l’occasion.I would smoke as soon as I had an occasiona.I am going to smoke as soon as possibleb.
	Factor 3—Compulsion (Compulsivity)
2	S’il y avait une cigarette ici, devant moi, il serait très difficile de ne pas la fumer.I could not stop myself from smoking if I had a cigarette here before mea.I could not stop myself from smoking if I had some cigarettes hereb.
5	Je ferais n’importe quoi pour une cigarette là maintenant.I would do everything to get a cigarette right nowa.I would do almost anything for a cigarette nowb.
8	Je ne serais pas capable de contrôler combien je fumerais si j’avais des cigarettes.I would be unable to control how much I smoked if I had cigarettesa.I would not be able to control how much I smoked if I had some cigarettes hereb.
	Factor 4—Anticipation (Purposefulness)
9	Si j’avais une cigarette allumée en main, je ne la fumerais probablement pas.←If I had a lit cigarette in my hand, I would not smoke ita.If I had a lit cigarette in my hand, I probably wouldn’t smoke itb.
11	Il me serait facile de laisser passer l’occasion de fumer.←It would be easy to pass up the occasion to smokea.It would be easy to pass up the chance to smokeb.

Note. ← = reverse-keyed question; TCQ = Tobacco Craving Questionnaire.

^aBacktranslation.

^bEnglish version of the TCQ.