What is Your Level of Cigarette Addiction?

Are you addicted to smoking or is it just a bad habit?

The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence is not a medical diagnosis. This test is frequently used in research studies to indicate the degree of dependence subjects have to cigarettes. Lower scores are frequently associated with easier and more successful quit attempts. Higher scores are often associated with more difficult and less successful quit attempts.

Take this test to determine your level of dependence on smoking:

How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?
After 60 minutes
31 to 60 minutes
6 to 30 minutes
Within 5 minutes

Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden?
No
Yes

Which cigarette would you hate most to give up?
The first in the morning
Any other

How many cigarettes per day do you smoke?
10 or less (less than half a pack)
11 to 20 (half a pack to one pack)
21 to 30 (a pack to a pack and a half)
31 or more (more than a pack and a half)

Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after awakening than during the rest of the day?
No
Yes

Do you smoke even if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day?
No
Yes

Heatherton T., Kozlowski L., Frecker R., Fagerstrom K. The Fagerstrom Test for Nictoine Dependence: A revision of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire. British Journal of Addictions 1991;86:1119-27