The listed candidate criteria (Table 3) do not exhaust the list of potential good candidates for inclusion. For instance, some evidence would support the development of new candidate criteria that directly elicit information about the smoker’s subjective sense of loss of control over tobacco (see [7, 19, 46]), waking up to smoke [111, 112], or simple self-ratings of degree of dependence [113]. Criteria tapping perceived loss of control seem to be especially highly related to TD outcomes [19, 114]. A criterion that focuses on longest duration of abstinence after a prior quit attempt might provide a means of asking about prior exercise of control over smoking (e.g., [115, 116]).
