Research Article
What Aspect of Dependence Does the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Measure?
Table 1
The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND).
| | Item | Questions | Answers | Points |
| | 1* | How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette? | Within 5 minutes | 3 | | 6–30 minutes | 2 | | 31–60 minutes | 1 | | After 60 minutes | 0 | | 2 | Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden for example church, at the library, in the cinema, and so on? | Yes | 1 | | No | 0 | | 3 | Which cigarette would you hate to give up? | The first one in the morning | 1 | | All others | 0 | | 4* | How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? | 10 or less | 0 | | 11–20 | 1 | | 21–30 | 2 | | 31 or more | 3 | | 5 | Do you smoke more during the first two hours than during the rest of the day? | Yes | 1 | | No | 0 | | 6 | Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day? | Yes | 1 | | No | 0 |
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*Items 1 and 4 comprise the HSI (Heaviness of Smoking Index).
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