TOBACCO USE QUESTIONS, YOUTH
Attitude (17 questions)
Do you think you will smoke a cigarette at anytime during the next year?
SOURCE: Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey High School Questionnaire, 2001
Generally speaking, in your community, to what extent is youth smoking a serious problem? By youth I mean people under 18 years old. Would you say the problem is:
1 Extremely serious
2 Somewhat serious
3 Not very serious
4 Not at all serious
77 Don't Know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
What percent of high school students do you think smokes cigarettes in your community?
__________%
77 Don't Know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Overall, how much effort do you think is being put toward preventing youth from smoking? Would you say...
1 A great deal of effort
2 A moderate amount of effort
3 A little effort
4 No effort at all
77 Don't Know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
In general, do you think that:
1. More should be done to prevent youth from smoking
2. Less should be done to prevent youth from smoking
3. Current efforts are satisfactory
77. Don't Know
99. Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
In general, do you think that for youth who currently smoke:
1 More should be done to help them quit smoking
2 Less should be done to help them quit smoking
3 Current efforts are satisfactory
77 Don't Know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
People who smoke low tar and nicotine cigarettes are less likely to get cancer than people who smoke high tar and nicotine cigarettes
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Smoking is addictive.
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
In the last few years, it has become socially unacceptable to smoke.
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Tobacco is a deadly product in any form.
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
People who smoke are personally responsible for their addiction.
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Do you want to stop smoking cigarettes?
I Yes
2 No
3 I do not smoke now
77 Don't know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Do you think that you will try a cigarette soon?
1 Yes
2 No
77 Don't know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
If one of your best friends offered you a cigarette, would you smoke it?
1 Definitely yes
2 Probably yes
3 Probably not
4 Definitely not
77 Don't know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
Do you think you will be smoking cigarettes 5 years from now?
1 I definitely will
2 I probably will
3 I probably will not
4 I definitely will not
77 Don't know
99 Refused
SOURCE: Youth BRFSS
How sure are you that you could refrain from smoking for at least one month? Would you say...
1 Very sure
2 Somewhat sure
3 Somewhat unsure
4 Very unsure
77 Don’t know
99 Refused
Source: California 1996
What best describes your intentions regarding quitting? Would you say...
1 Never expect to quit
2 May quit in the future
3 In the next 6 months
4 Will quit in the next 6 months
5 Will quit in the next month
77 Don’t know
99 Refused
Source: California 1996