How Addicted are You?


A Test of Nicotine Dependence



This quiz rates how addicted YOU are to cigarettes. It takes about 1 minute.

Question 1

How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?
After 60 Minutes (0 pts)
31-60 Minutes (1 pts)
6-30 Minutes (2 pts)
Within 5 Minutes (3 pts)


Question 2

Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden (like in a library, movie or church)?

No (0 pts)
Yes (2 pts)


Question 3

Which cigarette would you be the most willing to give up?

The FIRST one in the morning (2 pts)
Any of your other cigarettes during the day (1 pts)


Question 4

How many cigarettes a day do you smoke?

01-10 (1 pts)
11-20 (2 pts)
21-30 (3 pts)
Over 30 (4 pts)

Question 5

Do you smoke more during the first hours in the morning than during the rest of the day?

No (0 pts)
Yes (1 pts)


Question 6

Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed all day?

No (0 pts)
Yes (1 pts)

REFERENCE: Fagerström KO, Schneider NG.
Measuring nicotine dependence: A review of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1989; 12 (2):159-182.


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