An Investigation of Cigarettes Smoking Behavior and Nicotine Dependence among Chinese Methamphetamine Users in Two Provinces

Table 1

Scoring system of Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence.

Item^a	Answers	Points	Response
			Number	%
(1) How soon after you woke up did you smoke your first cigarette?	Within 5 min	3	127	35.7
	6–30 min	2	140	39.3
	31–60 min	1	41	11.5
	After 60 min	0	48	13.5
(2) Did you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden?	Yes	1	154	43.3
	No	0	202	56.7
(3) Which cigarette would you most hate to give up?	The first one in the morning	1	188	52.8
	Any other	0	168	47.2
(4) How many cigarettes per day did you smoke?	10 or less	0	73	20.5
	11–20	1	163	45.8
	21–30	2	56	15.7
	31 or more	3	64	18.0
(5) Did you smoke cigarette more frequently during the first hours after awakening than during the rest of the day?	Yes	1	120	33.7
	No	0	236	66.3
(6) Did you smoke cigarettes even if you were ill in bed much of the day?	Yes	1	207	58.1
	No	0	149	41.9
Total scores	Low or medium (LMD)	0–2	59	16.6
		3-4	91	25.6
		5	47	13.2
	Severe or high (HD)	6-7	78	21.9
		8–10	81	22.8

aAll the 6 questions were answered according to their cigarette smoking behaviors after participants began using MA usually.