Table S1.
Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence
Points | |
---|---|
1. How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette? | |
a) Within 5 minutes | 3 |
b) 6–30 minutes | 2 |
c) 31–60 minutes | 1 |
d) After 60 minutes | 0 |
2. Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden, eg, in church, at the library, in the cinema, etc? | |
a) Yes | 1 |
b) No | 0 |
3. Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? | |
a) The first one in the morning | 1 |
b) All others | 0 |
4. How many cigarettes/day do you smoke? | |
a) 31 or more | 3 |
b) 21–30 | 2 |
c) 11–20 | 1 |
d) 10 or less | 0 |
5. Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking up than during the rest of the day? | |
a) Yes | 1 |
b) No | 0 |
6. Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day? | |
a) Yes | 1 |
b) No | 0 |
Total score | _____ |
Low dependence (0 to 3 points) | |
Moderate dependence (4 to 6 points) | |
High dependence (7 to 10 points) |
Note: Copyright © 1989. Springer. Reproduced from Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12, 1989, 159–182, Measuring nicotine dependence: a review of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire, Fagerstrom KO, Schneider NG, Table 3, with kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media.1