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Tobacco smoking status code N

Value Domain Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270829
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015

Definition:Help on this termA code set representing a person's smoking status.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Daily smoker
  2Weekly smoker
  3Irregular smoker
  4Ex-smoker
  5
 
Never smoked
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1     Daily smoker

A person who smokes daily

CODE 2     Weekly smoker

A person who smokes at least weekly but not daily

CODE 3     Irregular smoker

A person who smokes less than weekly

CODE 4     Ex-smoker

A person who does not smoke at all now, but has smoked at least 100 cigarettes or a similar amount of other tobacco products in his/her lifetime.

CODE 5     Never-smoker

A person who does not smoke now and has smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes or similar amount of other tobacco products in his/her lifetime.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this termStandard Questions on the Use of Tobacco Among Adults (1998)

Relational attributes Help on this term

Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Person—tobacco smoking status, code N

Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015

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