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Table 8 Fagerstrom Test for Cigarette Dependence

From: A randomised, controlled, two-Centre open-label study in healthy Japanese subjects to evaluate the effect on biomarkers of exposure of switching from a conventional cigarette to a tobacco heating product

1. How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?

 □ Within 5 min

 □ 6–30 min

 □ 31–60 min

 □ After 60 min

2.Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden?

 □ Yes

 □ No

3.Which cigarette would you hate most to give up?

 □ The first one in the morning

 □ All others

4.How many cigarettes/day do you smoke?

 □ 10 or less

 □ 11–20

 □ 21–30

 □ 31 or more

5.Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking than during the rest of the day?

 □ Yes

 □ No

6.Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day?

 □ Yes

 □ No