Smoking Dependence
Dimension 86 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Smoking Dependence measures the degree to which smoking is driven by urges, habitual cueing, and difficulty refraining despite intentions or restrictions. It encompasses temptation to smoke, discomfort when not smoking, and impaired control over smoking behavior.
evidence final name · Substance use
Minimal Smoking Dependence
Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear smoking-related compulsion and often reflect unrelated content or only diffuse references to urges and coping. When smoking is present, it is not yet expressed as a stable pattern of cue-driven loss of control.
Mild Smoking Dependence
Expressions activating this band describe smoking as prompted by routines, situations, or temporary deprivation, with temptation and difficulty resisting beginning to appear. Smoking is experienced as habit-linked and somewhat hard to interrupt, but still discussed in manageable or conditional terms.
Moderate Smoking Dependence
Expressions activating this band describe persistent urges to smoke, repeated efforts to quit, and difficulty abstaining in restricted settings or around other smokers. Smoking is experienced as uncomfortable to resist and increasingly hard to control across everyday situations.
Severe Smoking Dependence
Expressions activating this band describe pronounced inability to refrain from smoking even where it is prohibited or socially constrained. Smoking is experienced as strongly compulsive, with quitting and restraint felt as distinctly difficult.
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Minimal Substance use: Substance use is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse substance use.
Moderate Substance use: Substance use is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from substance use.
Intense Substance use: Substance use is experienced here as observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band engage with substance use at a level associated with formal behavioral assessment.
Peak Substance use: Substance use is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by the behavioral form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect substance use at this level of intensity.