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FSQBOOKEV
Former smoker: Used pamphlet/book to quit completely ever
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

For sample adults, FSQBOOKEV indicates whether respondents used instructions in a pamphlet or book to quit smoking completely.

Respondents had to satisfy two conditions to receive the question associated with FSQBOOKEV (i.e., "When you stopped smoking completely, 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 a negative response to the question of whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day or some days (SMOKFREQNOW).

FSQBOOKEV 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
Besides "Instructions in a pamphlet or book" (FSQBOOKEV), other methods that former smokers could report in answer to the question "When you stopped smoking completely, which of these methods did you use?" 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)
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 they had ever stopped smoking "for one day or longer" while trying to quit smoking (CSSTOPEV), were asked a comparable question about the methods they used in their last attempt to quit smoking. For example, CSQBOOKEV indicates whether sample adults who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives and who currently smoked used instructions in a pamphlet or book in their last attempt to quit smoking.
The 2000 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." Persons who "did not give valid substantive responses to at least 50% of the questions in selected fields had a value of 'not ascertained' inserted in the appropriate fields of the Cancer Control Module."
2005
Questions about methods used to quit smoking completely were also asked in 2005. However, there are three differences between the 2000 and 2005 questions.
(1) The reference period for the 2005 variables is different from the reference period for the 2000 quitting smoking questions. In 2000, smokers were asked about methods used when they quit smoking completely, regardless of when they quit completely. In contrast, in 2005, smokers were asked about methods used to quit smoking completely during the past two years.

(2) The types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2005 are not always identical to the types of quitting methods respondents could identify in 2000. For example, in 2000 smokers were asked about their use of "instructions in a book or pamphlet" (FSQBOOKEV), while in 2005 smokers were asked about their use of "books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials" (FSQBOOK2YR). Methods that respondents who had quit smoking completely within the past two years could report in 2005 were:
  • Books, pamphlets, videos, or other materials (FSQBOOK2YR)

  • Nicotine nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge or tablet (FSQOTMEDS2YR)
  • Medication such as Zyban, Buproprion or Wellbutrin (FSQMEDS2YR)
(3) Like the 2000 Survey Description, the 2005 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 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, 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.

Comparability

FSQBOOKEV is available only in 2000.

Universe

  • 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2, and in 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CAEP supplement) who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes and whose reason for quitting was not ONLY because of sickness, and who either do not currently smoke or smoke some days but haven't smoked in the past 30 days
  • 2000: Sample adults age 18+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes and do not currently smoke.

Codes and Frequencies



Availability

  • 1992, 2000
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