Table 2. Reliability of smoking quantity/frequency: Correlations between smoking items from the smoking questionnaire and TLFB questionnaire.
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Smoking Questionnaire | Average number of cigarettes smoked between today and yesterday | Number of cigarettes smoked in past 7 days | Average number of cigarettes smoked per day | Average number of smoking days per week |
“How many cigarettes did you smoke in the past 24 hours?” | .83** | .83** | .82** | .51** |
“How many cigarettes did you smoke in the past 7 days?” | .82** | .86** | .87** | .49** |
“What is the usual number of cigarettes you smoke in a day?” | .85** | .89** | .90** | .48** |
“On average, how many days in a week do you smoke cigarettes (0–7)?” | .47** | .49** | .50** | .80** |
.p < .01 (2-tailed).
Bold indicates items measuring the same construct.