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CSQBOOKYR
Current smoker: Used books/pamphlets/videos last qutting attempt in year
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

For sample adults, CSQBOOKYR indicates whether respondents used books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials in their last attempt, during the past 12 months, to quit smoking.

Respondents had to satisfy three conditions to receive the question associated with CSQBOOKYR (i.e., "The LAST TIME you stopped smoking, which of these methods did you use?"). First, they had to have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives (SMOKEV). Second, they had to have an affirmative response to the question of whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW). Third, they had to have an affirmative response to the question of whether, during the past 12 months, they had stopped smoking for more than one day because they were trying to quit smoking (CSQTRYYR).

CSQBOOKYR is one of a series of related variables in the "Tobacco" section of the 2005 Cancer Modules. The 2005 Field Representative's Manual explains the rationale for this supplement as follows:

"[T]obacco use is the major risk factor in the development of lung cancer and oral cancer, and contributes to the development of several other cancers and diseases ... [Because of this, answers to questions about cigarette smoking] will be compared with data from 1992 to assess trends in starting and stopping cigarette smoking, and to target quit smoking programs by age, race and sex.. The information on behavior and attitudes can be used to assess the effectiveness of current quit smoking campaigns and to help to develop new ones. They will also contribute follow up information to use in evaluating the effectiveness of the 'ASSIST' program, and will be useful in future planning."
Related Variables for "Quitting Smoking"
2005
Besides "books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials" (CSQBOOKYR), other methods that current smokers could report in answer to the question "[T]hinking back to when you tried to QUIT smoking in the PAST 12 MONTHS, did you use any of the following?" were:

  • Nicotine nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge or tablet (CSQOTRMEDSYR)
  • Medication such as Zyban, Buproprion or Wellbutrin (CSQMEDSYR)
Sample adults who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives (SMOKEV) but who did not currently smoke (SMOKFREQNOW) were asked a comparable question about the methods they had used to completely stop smoking within the past 2 years. For example, FSQBOOK2YR indicates whether sample adults who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives but who did not currently smoke used instructions in a book, pamphlet, video, or in some other material when they stopped smoking completely within the past 2 years.
The 2005 Survey Description cautions that while "all sample adults were to be asked the questions in the Cancer Control Module, some persons did not complete the supplement." In 2005, persons who "did not give responses to any of the questions in the supplement had a value of 'not ascertained' inserted in the appropriate fields in the Cancer Control Module file.
2000
Questions about methods used to quit smoking were also asked in 2000. However, there are four differences between the 2005 and 2000 questions.
(1) The reference period for the 2000 variables is different than the reference period for the 2005 quitting smoking questions. In 2000, smokers were asked about methods used to quit smoking during their last quitting attempt, regardless of when that attempt occurred. In contrast, in 2005, sample adults who had ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire life (SMOKEV) were asked whether they currently smoked cigarettes "every day, some days, or not at all" (SMOKFREQNOW). Those who answered this question affirmatively were then asked whether, during the past 12 months, they had stopped smoking for more than one day because they were trying to quit smoking (TRYQUITYR).
(2) In 2000, smokers who had an affirmative, unknown, or not ascertained response to whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW) and to whether they had ever stopped smoking "for one day or longer" while trying to quit smoking (CSSTOPEV) were asked about their method for quitting smoking. In contrast, in 2005 only those who answered affirmatively about whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW) and to whether they had, during the past 12 months, ever stopped smoking "for one day or longer" while trying to quit smoking (TRYQUITYR) were asked about their method for quitting smoking.
(3) The types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2000 are not always identical with the types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2005. For example, in 2000 smokers were asked about their use of "instructions in a book or pamphlet" (CSQBOOKEV), while in 2005 smokers were asked about their use of "books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials." (CSQBOOKYR)

Quitting methods that respondents who currently smoked could report in 2000 were:

  • " Instructions in a pamphlet or book" (CSQBOOKEV)
  • Gradually decreased the number of cigarettes smoked in a day (CSQCUTDOWNEV)
  • Switched to chewing tobacco or snuff (CSQSNUFFEV)
  • Medication such as Zyban, Buproprion or Wellbutrin (CSQMEDSEV)
(4) Like the 2005 Survey Description, the 2000 Survey Description also cautions that while "all sample adults were to be asked the questions in the Cancer Control Module, some persons did not complete the supplement." However, whereas in 2005 , persons who answered none of the questions in the supplement had a value of "not ascertained" automatically inserted in the appropriate fields of the Cancer Control Module file, in 2000, persons who answered less than 50% of the questions in the supplement had a value of "not ascertained" automatically inserted in the appropriate fields of the Cancer Control Module file.

Comparability

CSQBOOKYR is available only in 2005.

Universe

  • 2005: Sample adults age 18+ who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives who are current smokers that tried to quit in the past 12 months.

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Availability

  • 2005
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