The questions on tobacco use at wave 1 are: “In your ENTIRE LIFE, have you ever … (1) Smoked at least 100 cigarettes? (2) Smoked at least 50 cigars? (3) Smoked a pipe at least 50 times? (4) Used snuff, such as Skoal, Skoal Bandit [sic] or Copenhagen at least 20 times? (5) Used chewing tobacco, such as Redman, Levi Garrett or Beechnut at least 20 times?” Persons who smoked cigarettes, cigars and/or pipes comprised (a weighted) 95.9% (3368/3497) of all tobacco users. Following the coding rule of the NESARC, all tobacco users, including the 129 persons who reported using snuff or chewing tobacco only, were labelled as ‘smokers’. A never smoker had responded ‘No’ to each of the questions regarding lifetime use of at least 100 cigarettes, at least 50 cigars, smoked a pipe at least 50 times, used snuff at least 20 times and used chewing tobacco at least 20 times. A former smoker was a ‘Yes’ responder to at least one of the prior questions who also reported that he or she had not smoked or used
