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TMEDRX
Health professional prescribed smoking cessation products during past year
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
For smokers who were advised to quit smoking by a medical professional in the past twelve months, TMEDRX indicates whether or not a medical professional prescribed the respondent smoking cessation products, uch as nicotine products or prescription pills to help quit smoking.
This variable is a part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.
Universe
- Self-respondent smokers age 15 or older who had seen a medical professional and was advised to quit.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | - | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | - |
