Quality Assessment of Data on Smoking Behaviour in the WHO MONICA Project

Appendix 2b. Smoking questionnaire, November 1990

(See Section 3.1, Appendix 2a and Appendix 2c.)


1a Do you smoke cigarettes now?
          Yes, regularly
          No (if "no", go to question 2a)
          Occasionally (usually less than one cigarette/day)

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1b On the average, about how many cigarettes do you now smoke
a day?

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1c On how many days a week do you smoke cigarettes?
                    Usually on one day or less
                    Usually on 2 to 4 days
                    Almost every day
                    Every day
          (go to question 3a)

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2a Did you ever smoke cigarettes?
          Yes, regularly
          No, never (if "no" go to question 4a)
          Occasionally (usually less than one/day)

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2b When did you stop smoking cigarettes?       Year, 19--
          If in the last year, less than one month ago
                    1-6 months ago
                    6-12 months ago
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3a What is the maximum number of cigarettes you ever smoked
per day for as long as a year?

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3b How old were you when you began to smoke cigarettes?         Age: |__|__|
4a Have you ever smoked cigars/cigarillos?
          No (if "no" go to question 5a)
          Used to but not now (if "not now", go to question 5a)
          Now smoke occasionally (less than one/day)
          Now smoke regularly

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4b About how many do you smoke per week?                             Number: |__|__|__|
5a Have you ever smoked a pipe?
          No (if "no", go to question 6)
          Used to, but not now (if "not now", go to question 6)
          Now smoke a pipe occasionally (less than once a day)
          Now smoke regularly

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5b About how many grams of pipe tobacco do you
          smoke per week?                                                         Grams:

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6. For how many hours, on average each week, are you closely
subjected to other people's tobacco smoke?

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