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The Adolescents’ Need to Smoke Scale
Based on your experiences with smoking, please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.
- Smoking helps me fit in at school
- Smoking makes me feel popular
- Smoking makes me look cool
- Giving cigarettes to friends makes me feel important
- Sharing cigarettes helps me feel closer to other people
- Smoking makes me look more mature
- I need to smoke when I am stressed
- I need to smoke when I am depressed
- I need to smoke to relax
- I need a cigarette to calm me down when I am angry
- I need to smoke when I am nervous
- I need to smoke when I am sad
- I need to keep my nicotine levels up
- My smoking is automatic – I don’t even think about it
- My body needs cigarettes to feel right
- I can function better after my first cigarette of the day
- My body craves cigarettes when I don’t smoke
- I feel panicked when I run out of cigarettes
- Even when I don’t have time for a whole cigarette, I manage to fit in a few drags
- I can concentrate better after a cigarette
- I find myself looking forward to my next cigarette
- I have strong cravings to smoke cigarettes
- I like the feeling of blowing out smoke
- Smoking makes things like having a pop or a coffee more enjoyable
- I like the taste of cigarettes
- I enjoy holding and handing cigarettes
- I enjoy the feeling of smoke in my lungs
Responses to the ANSS items are rated on the following scale:
- Agree very strongly (6)
- Agree strongly (5)
- Agree (4)
- Disgree (3)
- Disagree strongly (2)
- Disagree very strongly (1)
Scoring the ANSS
To obtain scores for the Social Dependence Subscale, sum items 1-6
To obtain scores for the Emotional Dependence Subscale, sum items 7-12
To obtain scores for the Physical Dependence Subscale, sum items 13-22
To obtain scores for the Sensory Dependence Subscale, sum items 23-27