Person—tobacco smoking frequency, current tobacco smoking frequency code N

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Tobacco smoking frequency

METeOR identifier:

416274

Registration status:

Health, Standard 25/08/2011

Definition:

How often a person now smokes a tobacco product, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Occasionally, but less than once a week
2	Occasionally, not every day, but at least once a week
3	Regularly, every day or most days

Guide for use:

Only one option may be selected.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Smoking status cluster Health, Standard 25/08/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the person indicating that they currently smoke.