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FSQOTHEREV
Former smoker: Used other method to quit completely ever
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

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

Respondents had to satisfy two conditions to receive the question associated with FSQOTHEREV (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).

FSQOTHEREV 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 former smokers could report in answer to the question "When you stopped smoking completely, which of these methods did you use?" For a full list of those methods, see the entries under 2000 in FSQBOOKEV. If the respondents did not use any of these specific methods, they could still indicate that they used some "other method" (FSQOTHEREV).
2005
Questions about methods used to quit smoking completely 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 FSQBOOK2YR.

Comparability

FSQOTHEREV 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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