Vaping Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. What role did vaping play during your usual sleeping hours?
I repeatedly woke to vape or struggled to return to sleep without it.
I thought about it at night once or twice but did not get up to vape.
It did not enter my sleeping hours.
I got up to vape on several nights.
2. When vaping was unavailable during a task requiring concentration, what happened?
I noticed an urge, but the task was not meaningfully affected.
I was unable to continue or function normally until I could vape.
I completed the task without a noticeable vaping-related problem.
Craving or discomfort repeatedly distracted me or slowed the task.
3. What effect did vaping expenses have on your responsibilities during the past 30 days?
I adjusted discretionary spending once but still covered my responsibilities.
They did not interfere with my financial responsibilities.
I delayed smaller purchases, bills, or tasks more than once to buy vaping supplies.
I missed an essential expense or work, school, housing, food, or caregiving responsibility because of vaping costs.
4. How much did access to vaping shape your plans or activities?
I occasionally planned a convenient break around it.
I regularly avoided, left, or abandoned important activities because vaping was restricted or unavailable.
It did not shape my plans.
I paused or rearranged plans several times so I could vape.
5. During the past 30 days, how closely did the amount or duration of your vaping match what you intended?
It generally matched what I intended.
I went beyond my intention once or twice.
I went beyond it on several days.
I repeatedly used much more or longer than intended and felt unable to stop.
6. Which best describes any device or e-liquid safety incident in the past 30 days?
I noticed a minor leak, unusual heat, or damage and stopped using the device promptly.
No device or e-liquid safety incident occurred.
I continued using a leaking, unusually hot, or visibly damaged device, or had nicotine liquid contact that caused symptoms.
Even once, there was a burn, fire, battery rupture, swallowed e-liquid, or a child, pet, or other person had a potentially serious nicotine exposure.
7. How did vaping affect sleep, exercise, work, school, or other routine activities?
It repeatedly disrupted important activities, caused absences, or led me to seek urgent care.
I made one small, temporary adjustment because of it.
I noticed no effect on these activities.
I reduced or avoided activities several times because of symptoms, cravings, or the need to vape.
8. After going several hours without vaping, what did you typically notice?
A mild urge that passed without disrupting what I was doing.
No noticeable craving or discomfort.
Strong irritability, restlessness, low mood, or physical discomfort that disrupted my activity and drove me to vape.
Persistent craving or several discomforts that made the gap difficult.
9. Which best describes physical symptoms you experienced during or soon after vaping in the past 30 days?
No noticeable physical symptoms.
Brief throat irritation, coughing, headache, dizziness, or nausea on one occasion.
Recurring coughing, dizziness, nausea, breathing discomfort, or another symptom that affected an activity.
Even once, I had chest pain, severe trouble breathing, fainting, a seizure, confusion, or persistent vomiting.
10. If vaping caused discomfort, how did you respond?
I had no vaping-related discomfort.
I stopped promptly after a mild episode and paid attention to whether it resolved.
I continued vaping on multiple occasions despite recurring discomfort.
I continued during serious symptoms or after a healthcare professional advised me to stop.
11. How often did you find yourself vaping automatically, before making a conscious choice?
On many days, often repeatedly, and interrupting the pattern felt difficult.
Once or twice.
Not during the past 30 days.
About weekly or on several separate days.
12. How often did you vape mainly to change an uncomfortable feeling such as stress, irritability, or restlessness?
Often; vaping felt like the quickest reliable way to change the feeling.
Not during the past 30 days.
Occasionally, while still feeling able to choose another response.
Repeatedly; I felt unable to settle or function until I vaped.
13. Compared with the beginning of the past 30 days, how did the amount, frequency, or nicotine strength you needed for the same effect change?
It increased substantially, or I began using in rapid succession to get the expected effect.
It stayed about the same or decreased without difficulty.
It increased slightly on a few occasions.
There was a clear, repeated increase.
14. When you decided to delay or skip vaping, what usually happened?
I often shortened the delay or abandoned the plan.
I followed through without much difficulty.
I could not follow through despite repeated attempts.
I followed through, but vaping occupied my thoughts more than expected.
15. Think about times or places you meant to keep vape-free. How consistently did that boundary hold?
It held most of the time, with one minor exception.
I repeatedly crossed the boundary even after resetting it.
It held consistently.
I crossed it on several occasions.