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Answer These Six Questions to Determine Your Level of Nicotine Dependence

This quick and easy test, called the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (developed by Karl Fagerstrom), will help you determine your level of nicotine dependence.

#1: How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?
Within 5 minutes
6 - 30 minutes
31 to 60 minutes
Over 60 minutes

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

#3: Which cigarette would you most hate to give up?
First cigarette of the day
Any other cigarette during the day

#4: How many cigarettes do you smoke per day?
10 or fewer
11 to 20
21 to 30
31 or more

#5: Do you smoke more in the first hours after waking than during the rest of the day?
Yes
No

#6: Do you smoke when you are so ill that you are in bed?
Yes
No s