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TSINCEQUIT
Time in days since quit smoking

Codes

99996 = Refused
99997 = Don't Know
99998 = No Response
99999 = N.I.U. (Not in Universe).

Description

TSINCEQUIT reports the amount of time in days since a former smoker quit smoking completely. This variable is created from two components: the first is a number variable and the second is a unit variable. Respondents reported how long, in days, weeks, months, or years, since they quit smoking.

This variable is a part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.

Comparability

In 1992 and 1993 samples, a number of respondents reported it had been longer than one hundred years since they completely quit smoking. For these responses, TSINCEQUIT has a topcoded value of 99995.

Universe

  • 1992-1993: Smokers age 15 or older who have not smoked (or didn't know) daily for more than 6 months at a time or have quit smoking.
  • 1995-2007: Self-respondent former smokers age 15 or older.
  • 2010-2011, 2014-2023: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who are former smokers.
  • May 2011: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who are former smokers; MIS 5-8 only.

Availability

Years Jan Feb ASEC Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1992 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1993 X - - - X - - - - - - -
1995 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1996 X - - - X - - - - - - -
1998 - - - - - - - - X - - -
1999 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2001 - - - - - X - - - - X -
2002 - X - - - - - - - - - -
2003 - X - - - X - - - - X -
2006 - - - - X - - X - - - -
2007 X - - - - - - - - - - -
2010 - - - - X - - X - - - -
2011 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2014 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2015 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2018 - - - - - - X - - - - -
2019 X - - - X - - - - - - -
2022 - - - - - - - - X - - -
2023 X - - - X - - - - - - -

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