10 questions on teen smoking

Megan Wight, Jonathan Williams & Sylvia Vuong

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Do you smoke, if so do you remember why you started smoking, or is there any reason you continue to smoke? If not, is there any reason as to why you have not started smoking or why you no longer continue to smoke?

Do any of your close friends or immediate family smoke? If so, how do you feel about their smoking habits? If not, do you know their opinions regarding smoking or underage smoking?

What triggers you to want a cigarette and how often do you smoke? Do you mostly smoke alone or socially? Why?

Are you able to smoke at home? Are your parents/guardians aware you smoke? If not how does this affect your smoking schedule? (Do you go for frequent “walks”, or do you stay later at school to smoke, etc?)

How do you acquire your cigarettes? Does somebody specifically sell them in/around your area, or do you buy them from an older friend/sibling? Where do you find the money to pay for the cigarettes, if you have an income of any kind, how much of your money goes towards smoking?

Do you engage in drinking any alcoholic beverages? If so does this affect your smoking in any way (more/less)? Are there any other substances that you indulge in aside from cigarettes and alcohol? When you use these substances do they affect your smoking (more/less) and were you smoking cigarettes before the use of these substances or vice versa? (If not indulging in any other substances, why not?)

How do you feel about your peers or somebody younger than you smoking? How does smoking affect your opinions of other people you know and why? 

Are you partial to a specific brand of cigarettes? If so what is it? Have you always smoked this brand or were there other brands you’ve tried? What do you do if your particular brand of choice is not available from your source?

Do you consider yourself addicted to nicotine, and if so do you ever plan on quitting? Why/why not? If you don’t consider yourself addicted, what has led you to believe you are not, and at what point (if any) do you feel you will drop smoking altogether?

How do you feel if you have not had a cigarette for a prolonged period of time? What is a prolonged period of time in your opinion?

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