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FSQBOOK2YR
Former smoker: Used books/pamphlets/videos to quit completely w/in 2 yrs
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

For sample adults, FSQBOOK2YR indicates whether respondents used instructions in books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials to quit smoking completely during the past two years.

Respondents had to satisfy three conditions to receive the question associated with FSQBOOK2YR (i.e., "Thinking back to when you stopped smoking completely, did you use ANY of the following [PRODUCTS]?"). First, they had to have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives (SMOKEV). Second, they had to have a negative response to the question of whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW). Third, they had to have quit smoking completely during the past two years, as determined by their answers to how long it had been since they quit smoking (QUITNO), and the time period, in days, weeks, months or years, since they quit smoking (QUITTP).

FSQBOOK2YR is one of a series of related variables in the "Tobacco" section of the 2005 Cancer Module. 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 "instructions in books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials" (FSQBOOK2YR), other methods that former smokers could report in answer to the question "Thinking back to when you stopped smoking completely, did you use ANY of the following?" were:

  • Nicotine nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge or tablet (FSQOTMEDS2YR)
  • Medication such as Zyban, Buproprion or Wellbutrin (FSQMEDS2YR)
Sample adults who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives (SMOKEV) and who had an affirmative (or unknown or not ascertained) response both to whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW), and to whether during the past 12 months they had stopped smoking for more than one day because they were trying to quit smoking (CSQTRYYR), were asked a comparable question about the methods they used in their last attempt during the past 12 months to quit smoking. For example, CSQBOOKYR indicates whether sample adults who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives and who currently smoke used instructions in a pamphlet or book in their last attempt, during the past 12 months, to quit smoking.
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 completely were also asked in 2000. However, there are three differences between the 2005 and 2000 questions.
(1) The reference period for the 2000 variables is different from the reference period for the 2005 quitting smoking questions. In 2005, smokers were asked about methods used when they quit smoking completely within the past two years. In contrast, in 2000, smokers were asked about methods used when they quit smoking completely, regardless of when they quit completely

(2) The types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2000 are not always identical to the types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2005. For example, in 2005 former smokers were asked about their use of "instructions in books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials" (FSQBOOK2YR), while in 2000 former smokers were asked about their use of "instructions in a book or pamphlet" (FSQBOOKEV). Other methods that respondents, who had quit smoking completely within the past two years, could report in 2000 were:
  • Gradually decreased the number of cigarettes smoked in a day (FSQCUTDOWNEV)
  • Medication such as Zyban, Buproprion or Wellbutrin (FSQMEDSEV)
  • Switched to chewing tobacco or snuff (FSQSNUFFEV)
(3) 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

FSQBOOK2YR is available only in 2005.

Universe

  • 2005: Sample adults age 18+ who are former smokers and who quit smoking less than or equal to 2 years ago.

Codes and Frequencies



Availability

  • 2005
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