Heavy smoking index pdf document

The examiner inserts an index finger into the vagina, and utilizing lubricant, inserts the middle finger into the rectum. Heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes smoked. A survey of tobacco use in the general population was carried out in the northern spanish. Medium was thus most often in the range of 10 to 25 cigarettesday. Patients receiving chlorpromazine thorazine potential. Evaluation of outcome criteria evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy by confirming that patient goals and expected. This is an osha archive document and may no longer represent osha policy. The fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence ftnd scores from 1069 smokers who visited a public health center in korea was analyzed. Light was defined as less than 10 cigarettesday in 5 studies, as less than 15 cigarettes per day in 5 studies and as less than 21 in 1 study. You will be redirected to the full text document in the repository in a few seconds, if not click here. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to hsi heaviness of smoking index. It describes in detail the specific pathways by which tobacco smoke damages the human body. The fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence ftnd is used for assessing nicotine dependence.

The practice so far is to study most of these separately. Cigarette smoking prevalence bundled measure name and date of specifications used. The objective of this study is to compare the validity of the hsi versus the ftnd. The stoptober campaign for the nations smokers is based on research that smokers are. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to hsi heavy smoking index. Since then smoking 20 filter cigarettes a day for the last 17. Pdf heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes. The heaviness of smoking index hsi consists of ftnd item 1 and ftnd item 4, using the same response scales and calculating the total score using the sum. The efficacy and predictive value of the heavy smoking.

The heaviness of smoking index hsi was created from items 1 and 4 of fagerstroms test for nicotine dependence ftnd. Every time you smoke a cigarette, write down the time, the situation you were in e. Dec 30, 2009 the fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence ftnd is used for assessing nicotine dependence. Comparison of the heavy smoking index and of the fagerstrom. Pdf documents require the free adobe reader microsoft word. The heaviness of smoking index hsi was developed as a test to measure.

The heaviness of smoking index hsi was developed as a test to measure nicotine dependence by using two questions from the fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire and the fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence vs heavy smoking index in a general. Smoking can start your body on a path toward cancer. Smokers were grouped based on their calculated pack years, into light smoking. Journal of insurance medicine e 2008 journal of insurance. Smoking tracking sheet the university of texas md anderson cancer center 2006 revised 022012, patient education 2330 smoking tracking sheet use this sheet to keep track of your smoking patterns. Smoking is banned on mosepublic, transport including buses, trains, taxis and planes. The present study tested the effectiveness of the heavy smoking index hsi for the screening of high nicotine dependence and the predictive value of hsi on smoking cessation within a community sample in a public health center. Scoring the fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence to remind you of information covered in module 1 about scoring the test. A prospective study of cigarette smoking and agerelated macular degeneration in women.

Safety and health manual osha archive document notice. Here are some of the cancers that researchers know smoking causes. Heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes smoked and the. Cigarette smoking is implicated in a large number of diseases and other adverse health conditions. Calculation of indrayans smoking index the following is the smoking history of three persons. Tobacco use have you used any form of tobacco in the past six months. How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette. Pdf two methods of identifying smokers with high nicotine dependence, the heaviness of smoking index hsi and number of cigarettes per day cpd were. A report of the surgeon general how tobacco smoke causes disease. It uses a sixpoint scale calculated from the number of cigarettes smoked per.

If you smoke, you may worry about what its doing to your health. It is equal to multiplication of the average number of cigarettesbidis smoked per day and duration in years of tobacco smoking10, 11. Patients were categorized as neversmokers group i, n151. The packyear is a unit for measuring the amount a person has smoked over a long period of time. Study of pulmonary functions in smokers and nonsmokers in. Antismoking campaigns make smoking more attractive 33 to teens. Laws to prevent youth access to cigarettes are ineffective 28 p. Figure 1 smoking index for some typical values see above example. The findings indicate that the hsi can be used as an alternative to the ftnd in screening for high nicotine dependence among daily smokers in large populationbased studies, while cpd may not be a. Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence vs heavy smoking index in. How many cigarettes do you typically smoke per day.

Call your local community health centre look under health services in the information pages. Heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes smoked and. Cigarette smoking was associated with reduced sperm count, sperm motility, and sperm morphology, but the effects on semen volume were equivocal. A shorter test derived from the ftnd used for the general population is the heavy smoking index hsi six questions vs. Teen smoking is a serious problem 15 bruce epstein 3. Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body. Antismoking efforts should target both adults 18 and teens mike a. The examiner palpates the rectovaginal septum and again places the opposite hand on the patients lower abdomen to palpate the previously assessed structures. Quantified smoking status and nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Goals related to your tobacco use please check 9 the box beside the statement that best matches your current goals. This document was supported by grantcooperative agreement number u1accu71695704 from the centers for disease control and prevention. You probably worry, too, about how hard it might be to stop smoking. The heavy smoking category also showed fair agreement with the ftnd kappa0.

We develop a simple index that integrates these dimensions of smoking into a single metric, and suggest that this index be developed further. It is calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked. Since 4 july 2005 smoking has been banned for patients, clients, visitors and staff. Habit smoking index frequency x duration nonsmokers 0 light smokers 1100 moderate smokers 101200 heavy smokers more than 200.

How tobacco smoke causes disease a report of the surgeon general how tobacco smoke causes disease fact sheet this is the 30th tobaccorelated surgeon generals report issued since 1964. So go for the save as option once youve added everything you need to your pdf. By doing this, you overwrite the entire file, eliminating unused objects and accumulated changes. Public health service clinical practice guideline, treating tobacco use and dependence, calls for system level tobacco intervention efforts. Integrating tobacco cessation into electronic health records. Cigarette smoking, nicotine dependence and anxiety disorders. The association between lifetime cigarette smoking and. A cutoff score equal or greater than 4 on the hsi detected a similar rate of nicotine dependence as a cutoff score equal or greater than 6 on the ftnd.

These effects were overall more pronounced in infertile men than in the general population, and deterioration of semen quality was particularly associated with moderate and heavy smoking. Heavy smoking index score add points 1 and 2 above 0 1 light smoker 2 3 moderate smoker 4 6 heavy smoker. Heaviness of smoking index the heaviness of smoking index hsi was created from items 1 and 4 of fagerstroms test for nicotine dependence ftnd. Generic safe work procedures are discouraged as they may tend to overlook specific circumstances such as location, weather, knowledge and experience required, time of day, other equipment involved, etc. Pdf heaviness of smoking index, number of cigarettes smoked. Tobacco use questionnaire public health services a. Oha developed these specifications based on the meaningful use standards required for electronic health records in 2014, as well as the clinical practice guidelines for treating tobacco use and dependence and the acarecommended tobacco cessation benefits. Two methods of identifying smokers with high nicotine dependence, the heaviness of smoking index hsi andnumber of cigarettes per day cpd were. The heavy smoking index hsi which combines two items of the ftnd the number of cigarettes per day and the time of the first cigarette of the day was compared to the ftnd. Smoking is banned in government buildings schools offices, hospitals.