The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: a revision of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire.
@article{Heatherton1991TheFT, title={The Fagerstr{\"o}m Test for Nicotine Dependence: a revision of the Fagerstr{\"o}m Tolerance Questionnaire.}, author={Todd F. Heatherton and Lynn T. Kozlowski and Richard C. Frecker and Karl Olov Fagerstr{\"o}m}, journal={British journal of addiction}, year={1991}, volume={86 9}, pages={ 1119-27 } }
We examine and refine the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ: Fagerström, 1978). [] Key Method The relation between each FTQ item and biochemical measures of heaviness of smoking was examined in 254 smokers. We found that the nicotine rating item and the inhalation item were unrelated to any of our biochemical measures and these two items were primary contributors to psychometric deficiencies in the FTQ. We also found that a revised scoring of time to the first cigarette of the day (TTF) and number of…
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