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Person—regular tobacco smoking indicator

Definition

Whether an individual has been a regular smoker (daily or weekly) of any tobacco material.

Components

Data Element
Implemented in 1 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.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept 1