tips from smokers


DO YOU SMOKE?
Are you dependent on nicotine?

THE FRAGERSTRÖM TEST

If you are a health professional:

To find out the extent to which you are dependent on nicotine, answer the following eight questions and then read the results given below:

1 - How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
less than 15
from 15 to 25
More than 25

2 - What is the nicotine content of your cigarettes?

less than 0.8 mg
from 0.8 to 1.5 mg
more than 1.5 mg
3 - Do you inhale?

never
sometimes
always
4 - Do you smoke more frequently early in the day?

yes
no
5 - When do you smoke your first cigarette?

less than half an hour after waking up
more than half an hour after waking up
6 - Which cigarette gives you the greatest pleasure?

the first one in the day
another one
7 - Do you smoke even when you are so sick that you must stay in bed (with the flu or a sore throat)?
yes
no

8 - Is it hard for you not to smoke in no-smoking areas, such as theatres, airplanes, trains, restaurants or other public places?
yes
no

 RESULTS OF THE TEST:

Your score = Points

This score indicates to what extent you are dependent on nicotine:

- 0 to 4 points : you are not dependent, or just slightly dependent
- 5 to 6 points : you are dependent
- 7 to 8 points : you are strongly dependent
- 9 to 11 points : you are very strongly dependent

To repeat the test, answer the questions again. The new result will be displayed automatically.