Tobacco Use
Dimension 63 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Tobacco Use measures whether and how directly an expression indicates smoking or use of tobacco products. It encompasses nonuse, occasional or reduced use, current use, and more explicit endorsement of smoking forms such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipe tobacco.
evidence final name · Substance use
Absent Tobacco Use
Expressions activating this band indicate no tobacco use, explicit denial of smoking, or content largely unrelated to smoking behavior.
Occasional Tobacco Use
Expressions activating this band describe limited, infrequent, reduced, or situational tobacco use, often framed as experimentation, partial continuation, or difficulty refraining in specific settings.
Current Tobacco Use
Expressions activating this band indicate present-day smoking or tobacco use as an ongoing behavior, including direct acknowledgment of smoking cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco now or on special occasions.
Established Tobacco Use
Expressions activating this band describe clear, specific, and behaviorally established tobacco use, often naming product types such as cigars or pipe tobacco and sometimes indicating recurring quantity or regularity.
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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 observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band engage with substance use at a level associated with formal behavioral assessment.
Intense Substance use: Substance use is experienced here as observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Compared to the band below, substance use is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. 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.