Appendix 5. Summary of smoking items available.

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

Appendix 5. Summary of smoking items available.

Below is a summary concerning the items actually available for the different RUAs according to the questionnaires used by the MCCs and the data provided for the different surveys. The information is presented by each smoking item, giving the RUAs for which the item is available and any particular comments concerning the use of the item.

CIGS and EVERCIG:
Initial survey	Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs in BEL-CHAa, BEL-GHEa and GER-BREa occasional smokers cannot be separated from regular smokers in AUS-PERa, AUS-NEWa, CAN-HALa and USA-STAa occasional smokers cannot be separated from non-smokers in GER-EGEd, GER-ERFa, GER-KMSc and GER-RDMe four categories of smokers: 1) never smoker, 2) stopped >1 year ago, 3) current cigarette smoker, 4) pipe or cigar smoker. in FRA-TOUa recent quitters (<3 months) considered as current smokers	asked in all RUAs in AUS-NEWa, BEL-CHAa, BEL-GHEa, GER-BREa and GER-BREb occasional smokers cannot be separated from regular smokers in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb and USA-STAa occasional smokers cannot be separated from non-smokers in FRA-TOUa recent quitters (<3 months) considered as current smokers	asked in all RUAs in GER-BREa and GER-BREb occasional smokers cannot be separated from regular smokers in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb and USA-STAa occasional smokers cannot be separated from non-smokers EVERCIG refers to regular smoking in FRA-STRa, FRA-TOUa, FRA-LILa, GER-EGEc, GER-EGEd, ICE-ICEa, ITA-FRIa, NEZ-AUCa, SWE-GOTa, SWE-NSWa, USA-STAa and YUG-NOSa

NUMCIGS:
Initial survey	Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs differences between RUAs in coding for occasional smokers	asked in all RUAs differences between RUAs in coding for occasional smokers and changes in coding practises for them within RUAs since initial survey	asked in all RUAs differences between RUAs in coding for occasional smokers and changes in coding practises for them within RUAs since initial and middle survey

STOP:
Initial survey	Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs except in FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa, FIN-TULa, GER-EGEd, GER-ERFa, GER-KMSc, GER-RDMe and MLT-MLTa	asked in all RUAs except in FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa and FIN-TULa	asked in all RUAs except in FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa and FIN-TULa refers to regular smoking in GER-EGEc, GER-EGEd, ICE-ICEa, ITA-BRIa, ITA-FRIa, LTU-KAUa, NEZ-AUCa, SWE-GOTa, SWE-NSWa, SWI-TICa, SWI-VAFa and USA-STAa in CAN-HALa different question (<1, 1-5, >5 years ago)

IFLYEAR:
Initial survey	Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs except in DEN-GLOa, GER-EGEd, GER-ERFa, GER-KMSc and GER-RDMe in GER-BREa different options (-3, 4-6, 7-12) months	asked in all RUAs except in DEN-GLOa in GER-BREa and GER-BREb different options (-3, 4-6, 7-12) months	asked in all RUAs except in GER-ERFa in GER-BREa and GER-BREb different options (-3, 4-6, 7-12 months), as well as in CAN-HALa (<6, >=6 months)

PIPE and CIGAR:
Initial survey	Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs except in LTU-KAUa, GER-EGEd, GER-ERFa, GER-KMSc and GER-RDMe	asked in all RUAs except in LTU-KAUa	asked in all RUAs except in CAN-HALa

MAXCIGS:
Middle survey	Final survey
asked in CHN-BEIa^, CZE-CZEa, DEN-GLOa, GER-AURa^, GER-AUUa^, ITA-FRIa, POL-TARa, POL-WARa, SPA-CATa^, UNK-BELa, UNK-GLAa^{^*} data not provided for CHN-BEIa and CZE-CZEa	asked in all RUAs except in FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa, FIN-TULa, GER-BREa, GER-BREb, GER-ERFa and USA-STAa in GER-AURa and GER-AUUa asked from past smokers only
^{^*}asked from past smokers only

CIGAGE:
Middle survey	Final survey
asked in all RUAs except in AUS-NEWa, DEN-GLOa, FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa, FIN-TULa, GER-BERa, GER-COTa, GER-EGEc, GER-EGEd, GER-ERFa, GER-HACa, GER-KMSc, GER-KMSd, GER-RDMe, ICE-ICEa, RUS-MOCa, RUS-MOIa and YUG-NOSa refers to regular smoking in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb, GER-BREa, GER-BREb, POL-TARa, POL-WARa, SWI-TICa, SWI-VAFa and USA-STAa in HUN-BUDa and SWE-GOTa asked from current smokers only	asked in all RUAs refers to regular smoking in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb, AUS-NEWa, CAN-HALa, GER-BREa, GER-BREb, GER-EGEc, GER-EGEd, ICE-ICEa, ITA-FRIa, NEZ-AUCa, POL-TARa, POL-WARa, SWE-GOTa, SWE-NSWa, SWI-TICa, SWI-VAFa, USA-STAa and YUG-NOSa

CIGARSM and PIPESM:
Middle survey	Final survey
asked in AUS-PERa^, AUS-PERb^, CHN-BEIa, CZE-CZEa, GER-AURa, GER-AUUa, ITA-FRIa, POL-TARa, POL-WARa, RUS-NOCa, RUS-NOIa, SPA-CATa, SWE-GOTa, SWI-TICa^, SWI-VAFa^, UNK-BELa, UNK-GLAa and USA-STAa^* data not provided for CHN-BEIa and CZE-CZEa	asked in all RUAs except in CAN-HALa, GER-BREa and GER-BREb in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb, DEN-GLOa, FIN-KUOa, FIN-NKAa, FIN-TULa and USA-STAa questions significantly different from the standard ones
^* questions significantly different from the standard ones

DAYCIGS:
Middle survey	Final survey
asked only in SPA-CATa and UNK-GLAa	asked in all RUAs except in AUS-PERa, AUS-PERb, BEL-GHEa, BEL-CHAa, GER-AURa, GER-AUUa, GER-BREa, GER-BREb, GER-ERFa and USA-STAa in CAN-HALa question different (refers to last 30 days)

OTHERSM:
Middle survey	Final survey
asked only in SPA-CATa, UNK-BELa and UNK-GLAa in DEN-GLO different question (used codes 0, 1 and 3 only), in AUS-NEW converted from another question	asked in all RUAs except in BEL-GHEa, BEL-CHAa, GER-AURa, GER-AUUa, GER-BREa, GER-BREb, GER-ERFa, SWE-GOTa and USA-STAa in AUS-PERa and AUS-PERb refers to last 10 years