Measure your smoking addiction

How Addicted Are You?

Answer these twenty questions to find out your measure of addiction:

Please Check one response for each statement	Always	Often	Sometimes	Seldom	Never
I smoke more when I am comfortable and relaxed.
I take deliberate smoke breaks at work (including housework).
I smoke to calm myself down.
I light-up without realizing it.
I go without necessities or luxuries to pay for smoking.
I am afraid of what smoking is doing to my health.
I smoke in non-smoking areas.
I find smoking pleasant and relaxing.
I smoke when I am unwell (flu, colds, headaches, etc.).
I smoke during a meal or between courses.
I smoke within the first hour of awakening in the morning.
I smoke in a motor vehicle with non-smoking occupants.
I am very concious of when I am NOT smoking.
I find it almost unbearable when I run out of cigarettes.
I smoke to pep myself up.
I fear that I could not cope with life if I did not smoke.
I average thirty cigarettes a day or more.
I feel that cigarettes are very important to me.
I smoke more when I encounter stress.
I become nervous and uncomfortable if not allowed to smoke.