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Tobacco Use and Exposure - Indian Health Service

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Smokeless <strong>Tobacco</strong> Assessment<br />

HEALTH FACTOR<br />

Current Smokeless<br />

Cessation smokeless<br />

DEFINITION<br />

Currently uses smokeless tobacco (chew, dip, snuff, etc.)<br />

Is transitioning from a Current Smokeless tobacco user to a Previous<br />

Smokeless tobacco user. The time period between stopping smokeless<br />

tobacco <strong>and</strong> the present date is less than 6 months.<br />

Previous (former) smokeless Has quit smokeless tobacco for 6 months or more<br />

Never used smokeless<br />

tobacco<br />

Smokeless tobacco status<br />

unknown<br />

Does not <strong>and</strong> has never used smokeless tobacco products<br />

Unable to assess the patient’s smokeless tobacco use status (they<br />

may be unconscious or unresponsive)

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