Smoking Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Following criticism, disappointment, or an argument, how does smoking tend to fit into the next few minutes?
My reaction focuses on the event, without a smoking urge.
I may briefly imagine smoking while sorting out how I feel.
I seriously consider smoking as one way to settle myself.
Smoking feels like an immediate or automatic response to the upset.
2. You unexpectedly have an unplanned hour alone with nothing pressing to do. What is most likely?
I settle into another activity without connecting the boredom to smoking.
Smoking crosses my mind once, but the empty time is manageable.
I keep thinking that a cigarette would make the time easier to fill.
Boredom creates a strong pull to smoke as soon as possible.
3. When you receive exciting news while by yourself, how likely is that positive feeling to cue smoking?
The excitement has no meaningful connection with smoking for me.
I occasionally have a passing smoking thought in that moment.
I often feel that a cigarette would complete or mark the moment.
Celebratory excitement produces a strong or automatic urge to smoke.
4. When worry or sadness lingers, which description best captures the role smoking plays?
I turn toward other responses, and smoking does not feel connected to the emotion.
A smoking thought may surface, but it is not central to how I respond.
Smoking becomes one of the main options I debate for relief.
Smoking feels like the fastest or most familiar route to emotional relief.
5. You have just completed a focused task and have a few minutes before the next one. What is most likely?
I switch tasks or pause without thinking about smoking.
I sometimes remember smoking because a break has opened up.
I commonly weigh whether to use the break for a cigarette.
A task break feels incomplete or difficult without smoking.
6. After a tense or demanding day, what best describes your response to smoking?
Smoking usually does not enter my mind because of the tension.
A brief thought of smoking may appear, then fade.
I repeatedly consider smoking while I try to unwind.
I feel a strong urge to smoke or quickly reach for a cigarette.
7. Your usual smoking-break time is unexpectedly occupied by another commitment. What best describes the effect?
I barely register the missed break as related to smoking.
I remember the routine later but feel little pull to recreate it.
I feel unsettled and look for another time to have the familiar break.
The disruption leaves a strong urge until I can complete the smoking routine.
8. While following a route where you have often smoked—such as a regular drive or walk—how do you respond?
The route itself does not bring smoking to mind.
A familiar point on the route may prompt a passing thought.
Several parts of the route make me consider smoking.
Entering the route creates a strong, almost automatic smoking urge.
9. Someone casually offers you a cigarette during a conversation. What best describes the moment?
The offer does not create an urge, regardless of how I respond.
The offer creates a quick thought that is easy to let pass.
The offer makes smoking genuinely tempting and requires a decision.
Being offered one produces a strong urge or an almost automatic acceptance.
10. Immediately after finishing a meal, which response is closest to yours?
I move on without associating the end of the meal with smoking.
I occasionally notice a mild, short-lived smoking thought.
I often feel that smoking would provide a familiar ending to the meal.
Finishing the meal reliably produces a strong urge to smoke.
11. You unexpectedly see and smell cigarette smoke near an entrance. What happens next?
I register the cue without connecting it to an urge to smoke.
The cue produces a mild thought that fades quickly.
The cue makes smoking appealing enough that I keep thinking about it.
The sight or smell produces a strong, immediate urge to smoke.
12. You return to a place where you have smoked many times before. How does the setting affect you?
Being there does not meaningfully bring smoking to mind.
I briefly remember smoking there without much pull.
The surroundings repeatedly make me consider smoking.
The setting itself produces a strong or immediate urge to smoke.
13. As you begin your usual morning drink, what typically happens?
The drink and smoking feel like unrelated parts of my day.
The drink sometimes brings a quick smoking thought.
I often consider smoking before I finish the drink.
The drink strongly or automatically signals that it is time to smoke.
14. At a gathering, several people step outside to smoke. What is your most likely reaction?
I notice them leave but feel no meaningful pull to follow.
I have a brief smoking thought and remain involved in what I was doing.
I feel tempted and spend time deciding whether to join them.
I strongly want to join them or begin moving with them automatically.
15. When getting to know someone who smokes, how does smoking affect your sense of connection?
Their smoking feels separate from how I build rapport with them.
I may mention smoking, but it adds little to the connection.
Sharing a smoking break can feel like a useful way to connect.
Smoking together feels like a powerful or automatic route into conversation and belonging.