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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, Smoking Module, October and November, 2007

Variable Details

VariableSpec21
LabelPlease specify other reasons
Responses
A filthy Habit 1
Embarrssed in public because we had to go outside to smoke 1
Gov dept offered to assist stopping 1
I just thought I would finish with them 1
Just decided that it was aterrible habit 1
MADE MY WIFE ILL AND I SAID I'D STOP IF SHE DID 1
Massive heart attack 1
Smell of cigarette fumes 1
Smoking ban in the factory 1
Social pressure - self inflicted 1
a death in the family from smoking related disease 1
agreed deal with husband to get a puppy if stopped smoking 1
as a taxi driver i had to as it was work related 1
because I'm a jehovah witness 1
because it's an anti social habit 1
cleaner did not empty ashtray one day in office walkeed in and office stunk so i nrealised it was a discusting habbit 1
collapsed at work and they took me to hospital,i couldn't smoke so i stopped 1
common sense 1
did not enjoy it really 1
didn't like smoking 1
didnt like it 1
felt like a social outcast 1
felt sick,rough chest did not want to smoke again 1
fertility reasons 1
girlfiend wanted to stop 1
got the flu and just gave up 1
granddaughter disabled lung problems 1
health of my husband 1
husband died in a fire caused by a cigarette 1
husband had to give up due to health 1
i did not want to be dependent on it 1
i had a throat problem at the time 1
i wanted my wife to give up 1
i wanted to stop 1
it was when my daughter was born, and I couldn't afford baby food and cigarettes 1
just gave up 1
just got fed up 1
just occured to mne after smoking kingsize rega 1
just stopped 1
just wanted to 2
my father died of lung cancer 1
pointless, waste of money, disgusting, should be banned from sale 1
religious 1
thought it was pointless 1
too expensive 1
wife diagnosed with illness - so unfair to continue 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, Smoking Module, October and November, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsPlease specify other reasons.
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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