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FSQOTMEDS2YR
Former smoker: Used other nicotine products to quit completely w/in 2 yrs
Group: Quitting Smoking — PERSON

Description

PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.

For sample adults, FSQOTMEDS2YR indicates whether respondents used any of these other nicotine products - nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or tablet to quit smoking completely during the past two years.

Respondents had to satisfy three conditions to receive the question associated with FSQOTMEDS2YR (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).

FSQOTMEDS2YR 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 using "any of these other nicotine products - nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or tablet" (FSQOTMEDS2YR), there were a number of 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 [PRODUCTS]?" For a full list of those methods, see the entries under 2005 in FSQBOOK2YR.
2000
Questions about methods used to quit smoking completely were also asked in 2000, though there were important differences between the 2005 and 2000 questions. For a full list of the 2000 questions and the ways that they differ from the 2005 questions, see the entries under 2000 in FSQBOOKEV.

Comparability

FSQOTMEDS2YR 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.
  • 2010: Sample adults 18+ who are former smokers and quit in the last 2 years.

Codes and Frequencies



Availability

  • 2005, 2010
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