Posted on 12/20/2008 8:44:55 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
ARE YOU A FORMER TOBACCO USER???
7th Grade Science Fair
SURVEY
1. How old are you currently?
2. How many years have you smoked or chewed tobacco?
3. How old were you when you started smoking or chewing?
4. How long (mo./yrs.) have you been free from tobacco use?
5. Who/What influenced you to start smoking or chewing tobacco?
6. Are you currently using tobacco product(s) regularly? How often?
7. Have you tried to QUIT using tobacco products? How many attempts?
8. How many cigarettes or cans of chewing tobacco do/did you use per day?
9. Does anyone in your immediate family use tobacco products regularly/daily? How often?
10. Do you believe tobacco use is an addictive substance?
11. If you are now NOT using tobacco; what method did you use to quit successfully long-term? (highlight one)
a. Group Therapy
b. Nicotine patch or gum
c. Medications or Antidepressants
d. Cold-turkey
e. Hypnosis
f. Other _____________(please list)
12. Since quitting tobacco use, would you say your level of overall physical and mental health has: (highlight one)
a. Grown worse
b. Some what improved
c. Improved greatly
d. Stayed the same as before
13. What is the most significant lifestyle change you’ve made since quitting tobacco use? (explain)
__ PERSONAL COMMENTS:
Thank You for taking this survey!!!
Thank you in advance. I'll be forwarding her the results. :)
E-mail answers to where?
You should set it up for her on one of the free online survey sites. Survey Monkey, etc.
I qualify and would gladly take a couple minutes to whip through such a version, but I hate doing things like this when I have to cut, paste, format, etc. Many others are likely to feel the same.
MM
I am going to cut and paste and respond by private mail.
bttt
Done. Check your FReepmail, let me know if my answers need clarification.
Sounds like this seventh grader is auditioning for a future job as a government bureaucrat!!!
Cigar?
Hmmm...most have already begun FReepmailing me which is fine. This 7th grader is a dear friend’s daughter and I was hesitant to put her contact info on the web.
Every person is a help.
I’ll make the suggestion to her morther today.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks :)
Well, that didn’t take long.
Actually, she’s from a very fine conservative family. Mom stays home to raise the children and shuttle them to and from Christian school, while dad engineers parts (under multi-level clearance) for secret missiles to protect our country.
This may have come from the fact that one or both of her grandparents have smoked and/or b/c it’s still occurring.
No thanks. I’ll pass.
LOL! Oh, wait a minute -— can you participate? I believe it is all forms of tobacco use. Sorry. Even chewing tobacco.
“...former smokers or tobacco users... to see
which method of quiting (smoking or chewing) was most successful long term in
the population. “
1. 45
2. 23
3. 14
4. 8 years
5. Friends
6. No
7. Too many to count
8. 1 to 1 1/2 packs of cigarettes
9. No
10. Yes
11. c. Medications or Antidepressants, d. Cold-turkey
12. b. Some what improved (not as much as I thought)
13. My lifestyle isn’t much different.
Comments to add - My motivation for quitting was my newborn daughter. Nothing less ever budged me no matter how many times I had tried to quit before.
I remember my doctor looking me right in the eye and asking if I wanted to lead her down the isle at her wedding. When I, of course, said yes, he replied, “Well then you better quit smoking or you’re going to be dead.”
Quitting is the hardest thing that I have ever done by far.
Good luck in the science fair.
May I answer for my mother who died of lung cancer last June? She was 81 1/2, healthy as a horse in every other way. Died of the smokers lung cancer.
She had good strong genes in every way, but the smoking did it to her.
SURVEY
1. How old are you currently? 33
2. How many years have you smoked or chewed tobacco? 20
3. How old were you when you started smoking or chewing? 12-13 when I first tried them
4. How long (mo./yrs.) have you been free from tobacco use? 4 months (this time)
5. Who/What influenced you to start smoking or chewing tobacco? friends and seeing my dad smoke and my friend’s parents smoke
6. Are you currently using tobacco product(s) regularly? How often? No
7. Have you tried to QUIT using tobacco products? How many attempts? 3+ times
8. How many cigarettes or cans of chewing tobacco do/did you use per day? 1 pack
9. Does anyone in your immediate family use tobacco products regularly/daily? How often? Husband - 1/2 pack to 1 pack a day; Dad - cigars daily; brother - cigarettes and cigars occasionally
10. Do you believe tobacco use is an addictive substance? yes
11. If you are now NOT using tobacco; what method did you use to quit successfully long-term? (highlight one)
a. Group Therapy
b. Nicotine patch or gum
c. Medications or Antidepressants
d. Cold-turkey ****
e. Hypnosis
f. Other _____________(please list)
Cold Turkey (this time) because of pregnancy
12. Since quitting tobacco use, would you say your level of overall physical and mental health has: (highlight one)
a. Grown worse
b. Some what improved ****
c. Improved greatly
d. Stayed the same as before
13. What is the most significant lifestyle change you’ve made since quitting tobacco use? (explain) Pregnancy
__ PERSONAL COMMENTS:
I quit cold turkey when I was pregnant with my first and while I was nursing but started again. Hopefully, I will not make the same mistakes this time.
Nothing says you can’t. I’d say go for it. :)
You guys are really awesome to help out like this. And I really, really mean that.
Please, I’m not questioning this girl’s values nor her patriotism. It’s just that I was being satirical about government’s ever expanding encroachment into matters (especially medical) that were dealt with in the private sphere until recent decades.
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