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CSQOTHEREV
Current smoker: Used other method last quitting attempt ever
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

For sample adults, CSQOTHEREV indicates whether respondents used any other method [than those listed on the card of possible methods from which they could select] in their last attempt to quit smoking. More specifically, CSQOTHEREV refers to a method of quitting smoking other than the following: stopping all at once; gradually decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked in a day; following instructions in a book or pamphlet; using nicotine nasal spray; using nicotine inhaler; switching to chewing tobacco or snuff; having one-on-one counseling; attending a stop-smoking clinic or program; using nicotine gum; using nicotine patch; or using medication such as Zyban, Buproprion, or Wellbutrin.

Respondents had to satisfy three conditions to receive the question associated with CSQOTHEREV (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 (or unknown or not ascertained) response to the question of whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW). Third, they had to have an affirmative (or unknown or not ascertained) response to the question of whether they had ever stopped smoking "for one day or longer" while trying to quit smoking (CSSTOPEV).

CSQOTHEREV is one of a series of related variables in the "Tobacco" section of the 2000 Cancer Module. The 2000 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"
2000
As noted above, there were a number of specific methods that current smokers could report in answer to the question, "[T]he LAST TIME you stopped smoking, which of these methods did you use?" For a full list of the variables associated with these specific methods, see CSQBOOKEV, and the entries under 2000. If the respondents did not use any of these specific methods, they could still indicate that they used some "other method" (CSQOTHEREV).
2005
Questions about specific methods used to quit smoking were also asked in 2005, though there were important differences between the 2000 and 2005 questions. For a full list of the 2005 questions and the ways that they differ from the 2000 questions, see the entries under 2005 in CSQBOOKYR.

Comparability

CSQOTHEREV is available only in 2000.

Universe

  • 2000: Sample adults age 18+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes, who currently smoke or whose current smoking status is unknown, and who have tried to quit smoking for 1+ day or whose ever quitting for a day status was unknown.

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Availability

  • 2000
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