Health Lens dimensions

Nicotine Use

Dimension 618 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index
0.0555

Nicotine Use measures the presence and salience of smoking, vaping, and other nicotine-related behavior, including current or past use, dependence cues, quitting intentions, and use of nicotine replacement for cessation. It encompasses whether nicotine use is absent, historical, active, or tied to managing cravings and stopping.

evidence final name · Nicotine Nasal

Bands

Minimal Nicotine Use

Expressions activating this band describe absent, occasional, background, or only lightly specified smoking-related behavior, often mixed with unrelated content and without a clear emphasis on active nicotine involvement or cessation.

Low Nicotine Use

Expressions activating this band describe identifiable nicotine use and early dependence cues, such as smoking soon after waking, amount used, or wanting to stop while finding abstinence difficult to imagine.

Moderate Nicotine Use

Expressions activating this band describe prior or discontinued e-cigarette use and direct reporting of whether electronic nicotine products have ever been used.

High Nicotine Use

Expressions activating this band describe clear engagement with nicotine-based products, especially vaping or smoking framed explicitly as nicotine-containing behavior and linked to quitting or stopping.

Severe Nicotine Use

Expressions activating this band describe nicotine use in the context of dependence management and cessation treatment, including nicotine replacement and efforts to control cravings while getting off smoking.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Nicotine Nasal1.00
Spray0.50
Chantix0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-8..B-2461,303
B-1..B54,505,753
B6..B714,409
B8..B14359
B15..B2119

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness68
03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal45
05__whole_disney_dataset__rating44
06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment51
07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel51
08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context49
10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary90
11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief63

Anchor definitions

Minimal Nicotine Nasal

Minimal Nicotine Nasal: Content characterized by immediately, tired, them, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect nicotine nasal at this level.

Emerging Nicotine Nasal

Emerging Nicotine Nasal: Content characterized by bush, nicotine, stopped, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect nicotine nasal at this level.

Elevated Nicotine Nasal

Elevated Nicotine Nasal: Content characterized by replaced, twice, applied, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect nicotine nasal at this level.

Severe Nicotine Nasal

Severe Nicotine Nasal: Content characterized by nicotine, cold, adhesive, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect nicotine nasal at this level.