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Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine - University of Geneva - Switzerland


Survey for users of smoking cessation medications:
nicotine replacement products, bupropion (Zyban) or varenicline (Chantix/Champix)
  • Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of how tobacco dependence treatments are used.
  • Participation is anonymous.
  • You can take part only if you are 18 years old or older.
  • This study is independent from the pharmaceutical and tobacco industries
  • This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Geneva University Hospitals.
  • Thank you + + + for taking time to answer.
  • You will need 15 minutes to answer.
  • You can contact the researchers in charge of this study for any question

Important: please answer ALL questions:
Data storage:
We would like to store your answers on a computer file, to conduct statistical analyses. This survey is anonymous, neither your name or e-mail address will be asked from you. The IP address of your computer or server will, however, be stored with your answers. This will enable us to identify double entries from the same participants. IP addresses will be deleted after data collection is closed. Your answers will not be transmitted to anyone else.
- If you do not want your answers to be stored on file, please tick this box.
- Also tick this box if your answers are not to be taken seriously.
Tick if you do not want your answers to be stored:  
How old are you? I am years old
Do you currently smoke tobacco?
Do you currently use smokeless tobacco (chewed, snuff)?
During the past 31 days, on how many days did you smoke or use tobacco? I smoked or used tobacco on days/31
Have you used any tobacco (even one puff of cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc) in the past 7 days?
Are you currently seriously trying to quit smoking or to stop using tobacco?
Are you currently seriously trying to reduce your tobacco use?
3 questions for EX-smokers :
1- When did you stop smoking?
I stopped smoking on:
Day:
Month:
Year:
2- When you smoked, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day on average? Cig./day
3- When you smoked, how soon after waking up did you smoke your first cigarette of the day, usually? Minutes
...and 4 questions for smokers:

1-  On average, how many cigarettes do you smoke per day?

Cig./day
2-  Usually, how soon after waking up do you smoke your first cigarette of the day? Minutes
3- When you started to smoke again, after an attempt to quit smoking, when did you relapse to smoking? I relapsed on:

Day:
Month:
Year:

4- If you made a serious attempt to quit smoking,
     how long did your most recent serious quit attempt last ?
I lasted:
Questions for all:
Have you ever used the smoking cessation drug called bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin or Zyntabac)?
Have you ever used the smoking cessation drug called varenicline (Chantix or Champix)?
Have you ever used nicotine replacement products?

Please answer each line:
Ever used...? Yes No
Nicotine chewing gums
Nicotine skin patches
Nicotine tablets
Nicotine lozenges
Nicotine inhalers
Nicotine nasal sprays

Do you currently use nicotine replacement products?
If you ever used any other smoking cessation medication, please specify:
Which smoking cessation medication did you use the most?

 


About the authors of this survey.

Jean-Francois ETTER, PhD
is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, and he is in charge of the Stop-tabac.ch website. He is the author of over 80 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Nina SCHNEIDER, PhD
is Chief, Nicotine Dependence Research Unit at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare Service and Research Psychologist at the University of California in Los Angeles, California, USA and she developed the preference and withdrawal questions based on her published trials. She is the author of over 35 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

[Created by JF Etter, last modified Sep 03, 2008]