Are You Ready?

Take this free readiness quiz!

  • 1) About how much money do you spend on cigarettes each week?

  • 2) About how many cigarettes do you smoke in an average day?

  • 3) About how long have you been smoking?

  • 4) About how soon after waking up do you have your first cigarette?

  • 5) In the past three months, which of these have caused you problems as a result of your smoking?

    • 5a) Problems between you and your spouse or significant other

    • 5b) Problems between you and your friends or family

    • 5c) Coughing or breathing problems

    • 5d) Difficulty exercising

    • 5e) Difficulty sleeping

    • 5f) Smoked more than you had planned

    • 5g) Spent more on cigarettes than you had planned

    • 5h) Felt bad about your smoking

    • 5i) Used other substances (alcohol or drugs) during or after smoking

    • 5j) Someone else suggested you cut down or quit

    • 5k) Had trouble in not smoking in places where it was not allowed

    • 5l) Noticed a change in the way you look as a result of smoking (yellow fingers and teeth, leathery skin, etc.)

    • 5m) Felt guilty about the way your smoking affected others

    • 5n) Had other health or physical problems

    • 5o) Gave up other important activities to smoke

    • 5p) Felt angry or irritable when you couldn't smoke

    • 5q) People complaining about the stink of cigarette smoke in your clothes or hair

    • 5r) Worried about the health impact of your smoking on children and other adults

  • 6) How interested are you in changing your smoking?

  • 7) How ready are you to do something about your smoking?

  • 8) How much do you feel able to make a change in your smoking?

  • 9) If you had a choice about changing your smoking, what would you prefer?

  • 10) How long would you like to take in changing your smoking?