Details of Element: How Soon After Wake, Smoke First Cigarette
Component of Personal Smoking History


Unique Name: hsaws
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 292 0 292
Number of Distinct Participants 192 0 192
Year First Collected 1958 n/a -
Year Last Collected 1981 n/a -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 5 MINUTES
    2 6-15 MIN.
    3 16-30 MIN.
    4 > 30 MIN.
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 4.
Masterfile Index: 409-02-04
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
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