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Protocol - Tobacco - Age of Offset of Cigarette Use - Adolescent

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Description

Measurement to ascertain when the respondent quit smoking. Response is used to calculate duration of use and pack-years measures and allows one to distinguish recent quitters from long-time quitters.

Specific Instructions

Respondent is asked how long it has been since he or she smoked and how old he or she was when he or she last smoked only if he or she answered "yes" to the first question of the Tobacco - Smoking Status (Adolescent Protocol).

The Working Group acknowledges that the following questions may gather sensitive information relating to the use of substances and/or illegal conduct. If the information is released it might be damaging to an individual’s employability, lead to social stigmatization, or other consequences.

For information on obtaining a Certificate of Confidentiality, which helps researchers protect the privacy of human research participants, please go to the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Institutional Review Board website.

Availability

Available

Protocol

1. How long has it been since you last smoked part or all of a cigarette?

1 [ ] More than 30 days ago but within the past 12 months

2 [ ] More than 12 months ago but within the past 3 years

3 [ ] More than 3 years ago

[ ]DK/REF

2. Earlier the computer recorded that you last smoked part or all of a cigarette [input response to Question 1]. How old were you the last time you smoked part or all of a cigarette?

AGE:_____[RANGE: 1-110]

Don’t Know / Refused

Personnel and Training Required

Interviewer must be trained and found competent to conduct personal interviews with individuals from the general population. The interviewer should be trained to prompt respondents further if a "don’t know" response is provided.

Equipment Needs

While the source instrument was developed for administration by computer, the PhenX Expert Review Panel acknowledges that these questions can be administered in a noncomputerized format.

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent

Participants

Adolescents 12-17

Selection Rationale

The protocol from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) was selected because this survey is the primary combined source of information on the use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The study was initiated in 1971, and it is currently conducted on an annual basis. The NSDUH is a survey that includes all substance use and that is administered to individuals age 12 and older. This survey asks many additional questions that may be more relevant to investigators studying adolescent subjects.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Triggered by smoking HP:0025223 HPO
caDSR Form PhenX PX030903 - Tobacco Age Of Offset Of Cigarette Use Adolescent 6910279 caDSR Form
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

The Expert Review Panel #3 (ERP 3) reviewed the measures in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substances, and Substance Abuse and Addiction domains.

Guidance from ERP 3 includes:

• Changed name of measure

• Updated protocol

• New Data Dictionary

Back-compatible: Partially back-compatible (updated/similar protocol which would require some changes to the data dictionary), variable mapping between current and previous protocols can be found here.

Previous version in Toolkit archive (link)

Protocol Name from Source

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2015

Source

2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. CAI Specifications for Programming, English Version; November 2015 (questions CG06 and LU03).

General References

None

Protocol ID

30903

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX030903_Smoking_Cessation_Age
PX030903020100 Earlier the computer recorded that you last more
smoked part or all of a cigarette [input response to Question 1]. How old were you the last time you smoked part or all of a cigarette? show less
Variable Mapping
PX030903_Smoking_Cessation_Age_Coded
PX030903020200 Earlier the computer recorded that you last more
smoked part or all of a cigarette [input response to Question 1]. How old were you the last time you smoked part or all of a cigarette? show less
N/A
PX030903_Smoking_Cessation_Time
PX030903010000 How long has it been since you last smoked more
part or all of a cigarette? show less
N/A
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substances
Measure Name

Tobacco - Age of Offset of Cigarette Use

Release Date

November 21, 2016

Definition

Questions asking a former smoker respondent how long it has been since s/he has quit smoking.

Purpose

This measure assesses when the participant’s exposure to cigarette smoking ended. When this measure is used in conjunction with the Tobacco - Age of Initiation of Use measure, the participant’s duration of smoking can be derived. Pack-years can also be derived from calculating the measure of amount smoked and duration.

Keywords

tobacco, smoking, cigarette, nicotine, nicotine dependence, duration of smoking, pack years, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, NSDUH

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
30902 Tobacco - Age of Offset of Cigarette Use - Adult
30903 Tobacco - Age of Offset of Cigarette Use - Adolescent
Publications

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