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Definition

Whether an individual has been a regular smoker (daily or weekly) of any tobacco material over the previous 3 months.

Components

Data Element

Comments

Context:
Public health, health care and clinical settings.

Comments:
Smoking is the act of drawing into the mouth and puffing out the smoke of tobacco contained in a cigarette, cigar or pipe. Tobacco smoke contains a number of harmful substances including poisons, various irritant and carcinogenic compounds.

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Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept 1