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Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire

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Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire
Addiction disorders An instrument for assessing tobacco dependence, which evaluates, among other factors, depth of inhalation, time from awakening to day's first cigarette, smoking when bedridden with illness, and difficulty in smoking cessation. See Smoking, Tobacco.


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In all three studies, nicotine dependence at baseline was quantified with the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ), a brief, self-report survey that measures nicotine dependence on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest level of dependence.
Inclusion criteria required subjects to be between 18 and 55 years of age, smoke 20 or more cigarettes per day, score a minimum of 6 on the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (a test of nicotine dependence; Fagerstrom & Schneider, 1989), and not have proximate plans to quite smoking.
Measuring nicotine dependence--a review of the Fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire.
 
 
 
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