Table 1. Items and Distribution by Country for mFTQ.
| Item scores and total scores | Thailand | Spain | USA | Russia |
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| 1 - <3 | 116 (63.04) | 161 (81.73) | 249 (74.18) | 120 (73.62) |
| 3 - <5 | 28 (15.22) | 22 (11.17) | 59 (17.51) | 15 (9.20) |
| 5 - <7 | 39 (21.19) | 14 (7.10) | 24 (7.12) | 22 (13.49) |
| 7 - ≤8 | 1 (0.55) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.19) | 6 (3.69) |
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| How many cigarettes a day do you smoke? | ||||
| 1 Over 26 cigarettes a day | 1 (0.54) | 0 (0) | 8 (2.45) | 10 (6.13) |
| 2 About 16–25 cigarettes a day | 7 (3.78) | 8 (3.67) | 25 (7.65) | 20 (12.27) |
| 3 About 1–15 cigarettes a day | 133 (71.89) | 142 (72.08) | 233 (71.25) | 116 (71.17) |
| 4 Less than 1 a day | 44 (23.78) | 35 (17.77) | 61 (18.65) | 17 (10.43) |
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| Do you inhale? | ||||
| 1 Always | 52 (28.11) | 157 (79.70) | 201 (60.18) | 43 (26.54) |
| 2 Quite often | 24 (12.97) | 25 (12.69) | 67 (20.06) | 72 (44.44) |
| 3 Seldom | 98 (53.51) | 12 (6.09) | 44 (13.17) | 29 (17.90) |
| 4 Never | 10 (5.41) | 3 (1.52) | 22 (6.59) | 18 (11.11) |
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| How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarettes? | ||||
| 1 Within the first 30 minutes | 29 (16.20) | 38 (22.22) | 72 (23.00) | 18 (11.39) |
| 2 More than 30 minutes after waking but before noon | 63 (35.20) | 37 (21.64) | 65 (20.77) | 47 (29.75) |
| 3 In the afternoon | 52 (29.05) | 76 (44.44) | 98 (31.31) | 54 (34.18) |
| 4 In the evening | 35 (19.55) | 20 (11.70) | 78 (24.92) | 39 (24.68) |
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| Which cigarette would you hate to give up? | ||||
| 1 First cigarette in the morning | 73 (42.44) | 85 (46.96) | 82 (26.62) | 29 (18.13) |
| 2 Any other cigarette before noon | 31 (18.02) | 44 (24.31) | 17 (5.52) | 45 (28.13) |
| 3 Any other cigarette in the afternoon | 36 (20.93) | 18 (9.94) | 79 (25.65) | 30 (18.75) |
| 4 Any other cigarette in the evening | 32 (18.60) | 34 (18.78) | 130 (42.21) | 56 (35.00) |
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| Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden (buses library, movies etc.)? | ||||
| 1 Yes, very difficult | 9 (4.89) | 11 (5.67) | 32 (9.70) | 25 (15.34) |
| 2 Yes, somewhat difficult | 49 (26.63) | 20 (10.31) | 35 (10.61) | 42 (25.77) |
| 3 No, not usually difficult | 63 (34.24) | 48 (24.74) | 62 (18.79) | 32 (19.63) |
| 4 No, not at all difficult | 63 (34.24) | 115 (59.28) | 201 (60.91) | 64 (39.26) |
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| Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day? | ||||
| 1 Yes, always | 3 (1.63) | 7 (3.63) | 18 (5.37) | 22 (13.58) |
| 2 Yes, quite often | 10 (5.43) | 14 (7.25) | 36 (10.75) | 35 (21.60) |
| 3 No, not usually | 101 (54.89) | 50 (25.91) | 93 (27.76) | 58 (35.80) |
| 4 No, never | 70 (38.04) | 122 (63.21) | 188 (56.12) | 47 (29.01) |
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| F7: Do you smoke more in the first 2 hours than during the rest of the day? | ||||
| 1 Yes | 62 (33.70) | 19 (9.64) | 43 (12.76) | 34 (20.86) |
| 2 No | 122 (66.30) | 178 (90.36) | 294 (87.24) | 129 (79.14) |
Note. For score calculation, all items are reverse coded; the total score for mFTQ is calculated as the mean score of items 1 through 6, multiplied by the score for item 7. Missing values are not included in this table.