This test helps determine your level of addiction to cigarettes. Write down the number of points identified by your answer for each question and total them.

1. How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?
   Within 5 minutes – 3 points
   Between 6-30 minutes – 2 points
   Between 31-60 minutes – 1 point
   After 60 minutes – 0 points

2. Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden (e.g., in church, at the library, in the cinema)
   Yes – 1 point
   No – 0 points
3. Which cigarette would you most hate to give up?
   The first one in the morning – 1 point
   Any other cigarette – 0 points
4. How many cigarettes a day do you smoke?
   10 or less – 0 point
   11-20 – 1 point
   21-30 – 2 points
   31 or more – 3 points
5. Do you smoke more during the first few hours after waking than during the rest of the day?
   Yes – 1 point
   No – 0 points
6. Do you smoke if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the time?
   Yes – 1 point
   No – 0 points

Results:
1-3: Mild Dependence
4-6: Moderate Dependence
7-10: Severe Dependence

Source: Heatherton TF, Kozlowski LT, Frecker RC, Fagerström KO.
The Fagerström test for nicotine dependence: A revision of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire. Br J Addict 1991; 86: 1119-27.