Codes and Frequencies
Description
Beginning in 2022, for sample adults who are current cigarette smokers (SMOKFREQNOW) or former cigarette smokers who have quit in the past 12 months (SMOKFREQNOW, QUITTP, and QUITNO) or who currently smoke e-cigarettes (ECIGFREQNOW), cigars (CIGARFREQNOW), pipes (PIPEFREQNOW), or use smokeless tobacco (SMKLSFREQNOW) every or some days, MDSMQADV reports whether a medical doctor or other health professional advised them to quit smoking within the past 12 months.
From 2001 through 2020, for sample adults who have seen a doctor or other health professional in the past year (DVINT) and are current cigarette smokers (SMOKFREQNOW) or former cigarette smokers who have quit in the past 12 months (SMOKFREQNOW, QUITTP, and QUITNO), MDSMQADV reports whether, during the past 12 months, a medical doctor or other health professional advised them to quit smoking. In 2015 and earlier years, MDSMQADV reports whether, during the past 12 months, a medical doctor or other health professional advised all sample adults 18 and older to quit smoking or quit using other kinds of tobacco.
Beginning in 2020, QUITNO was collected as part of the NHIS rotating core content on smoking history and cessation. For more information on the smoking history and cessation rotating core or other smoking history and cessation variables, please see SMOKAGEREG.
In 2015 and earlier years, MDSMQADV is one of a series of variables dealing with doctor advice.
Comparability
In addition to major data collection changes introduced to the NHIS in 2019, the universe and the wording for the question have changed between years, so researchers should use caution in making comparisons over time.
The NHIS questionnaire was substantially redesigned in 2019 to introduce a different data collection structure and new content. For more information on changes in terminology, universes, and data collection methods beginning in 2019, please see the user note.
Universe
- 2000; 2005: Sample adults age 18+ who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire lives and now smoke or have quit smoking within the past year and have seen a doctor within the past 12 months.
- 2001: Sample adults 18+ with 1+ usual (and specific) place to go when sick/need advice or who had a specific kind of place usually go to for routine preventive care or who saw a particular and specific health professional for health care AND who had visited their place/provider during the past 12 months AND who were current smokers who smoked cigarettes either every day or some days or who had quit smoking cigarettes one year ago or less.
- 2010; 2015: Sample adults 18+ who have seen a doctor or other health professional in the past year and are current smokers or former smokers who have quit in the past 12 months or who currently smoke cigars, use snuff, or chew tobacco every day or some days.
- 2020: Sample Adults 18+ who have seen a doctor or other health professional in the past year and are current cigarette smokers or former cigarette smokers who have quit in the past 12 months
- 2022: Sample adults 18+ who are current cigarette smokers (SMOKFREQNOW) or former cigarette smokers who have quit in the past 12 months (SMOKFREQNOW, QUITTP, and QUITNO) or who currently smoke e-cigarettes (ECIGFREQNOW), cigars (CIGARFREQNOW), pipes (PIPEFREQNOW), or use smokeless tobacco (SMKLSFREQNOW) every or some days.
Availability
- 2000-2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2022
Weights
- 2000-2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2022 : SAMPWEIGHT
